Genus of birds
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. 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"). Literally, it can mean "the one that flies well, good flyer" (εὐπετόμενα).
The genus contains two species:
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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".
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