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Firecrown

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Firecrown

Green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Lesbiini
Genus:	Sephanoides G.R. Gray, 1840
Type species
Mellisuga kingii^[1] Vigors, 1827
Species
S. sephaniodes S. fernandensis

The firecrowns are the genus Sephanoides of the hummingbirds.

Species

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There are two species.^[2]

Genus **Sephanoides** – G.R. Gray, 1840 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Green-backed firecrown	Sephanoides sephaniodes (Lesson & Garnot, 1827)	Argentina and Chile	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Juan Fernández firecrown	Sephanoides fernandensis (King, 1831) Two subspecies S. f. fernandensis †S. f. leyboldi	Isla Róbinson Crusoe, Chile	Size: Habitat: Diet:	CR

The green-backed firecrown occurs widely in Argentina and Chile, but the Juan Fernández firecrown is found solely on Isla Róbinson Crusoe, one of a three-island archipelago belonging to Chile.

Both species will hang from flower petals or leaves with their feet. They feed on nectar and insects

References

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^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.

^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.