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Category:Saucerottia - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Saucerottia

Description

From Mexico to South America.

Taxonomy

Saucerottia is a genus recognised by Clements (2007) in the family Trochilidae. Opus follows Sibley & Monroe (1996) and Dickinson (2003) and places these species in genus Amazilia.

References

  1. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
  2. Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
  3. Sibley CG & Monroe BL. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
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