Basilinna (bird)
Basilinna | |
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White-eared hummingbird, Basilinna leucotis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Trochiliformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Trochilinae |
Genus: | Basilinna F. Boie, 1831 |
species | |
Basilinna is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It contains only two species:
- White-eared hummingbird (B. leucotis)
- Xantus's hummingbird (B. xantusii)
It was recently split from Hylocharis.
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