Eupetomena

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
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Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
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Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
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Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
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Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Superordo: Caprimulgimorphae
Ordo: Apodiformes

Familia: Trochilidae
Subfamilia: Trochilinae
Genus: Eupetomena
Species: E. cirrochloris – E. macroura
Name

Eupetomena Gould, 1853

Typus: Trochilus macrourus Gmelin, 1788 = Eupetomena macroura

Synonyms

Aphantochroa Gould, 1853

References
Primary references

Gould, J. 1849–1861. A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds. Taylor & Francis, London. 2: pl. 42–116 DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.51056 BHL Reference page. pt.6 pl.1,text Print 1861 pl. 42, text BHL

Additional references

McGuire, J.A., Witt, C.C., Remsen, Jr., J.V., Corl, A., Rabosky, D.L., Altshuler, D.L. & Dudley, R. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of Hummingbirds. Current Biology 24: 910–916. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016 Open access ErratumReference page.
Stiles, F.G., Piacentini, V.Q. & Remsen, Jr., J.V. 2017. A brief history of the generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): the chaos of the past and problems to be resolved. Zootaxa 4269(3): 396–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.4 PDF.Reference page.

Eupetomena is a genus in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It contains two species which are both found in eastern South America.
Taxonomy

The genus Eupetomena was introduced in 1853 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species, the swallow-tailed hummingbird which therefore becomes the type species.[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek eu (εὐ-) meaning "good" and the neuter participle petomena (πετόμενα) meaning "always on the wing" or "flying" (from petomai, πέτομαι, "to fly").[2] Literally, it can mean "the one that flies well, good flyer" (εὐπετόμενα).[3][4]

The genus contains two species:[5]

Genus Eupetomena – Gould, 1853 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Swallow-tailed hummingbird	Eupetomena macroura (Gmelin, JF, 1788) Five subspecies E. m. macroura (Gmelin, JF, 1788) E. m. simoni Hellmayr, 1929 E. m. cyanoviridis Grantsau, 1988 E. m. hirundo Gould, 1875 E. m. boliviana Zimmer, JT, 1950	Guianas, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and northeast Argentina	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

Sombre hummingbird	Eupetomena cirrochloris (Vieillot, 1818)	Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

The sombre hummingbird was formerly placed in the genus Aphantochroa but based primarily on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014, Aphantochroa has been merged into Eupetomena.[5][6][7]
References

Gould, John (1853). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Vol. 2. London: self. Plate 42 and text (Part 6 Plate 1). The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
"εὐ-", Wiktionary, 2020-10-24, retrieved 2023-04-11
"πέτομαι", Wiktionary, 2022-12-31, retrieved 2023-04-11
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. Bibcode:2014CBio...24..910M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3. PMID 29245495.