Pampa | |
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Rufous sabrewing (Pampa rufa) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Trochilini |
Genus: | Pampa Reichenbach, 1854 |
Species | |
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Pampa is a genus of birds in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. These species are resident in northern Middle America.
The genus contains three species.[1]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Curve-winged sabrewing | Pampa curvipennis (Deppe, 1830) |
Mexico from San Luis Potosí south to Veracruz and Oaxaca |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Wedge-tailed sabrewing | Pampa pampa (Lesson, 1832) |
Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, and possibly Honduras |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Rufous sabrewing | Pampa rufa (Lesson, 1840) |
El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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These three species were formerly placed in the genus Campylopterus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Campylopterus was polyphyletic.[2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, these species were moved to the resurrected genus Pampa that had been introduced in 1854 by Ludwig Reichenbach.[1][3]