Leucippus | |
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Leucippus fallax | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Leucippus Bonaparte, 1850 |
species | |
L. fallax |
Leucippus is a genus of hummingbirds. Its members are found in western South America. Two species, A. chionogaster, the White-bellied Hummingbird and A. viridicauda, the Green-and-white Hummingbird are commonly placed in the genus Amazilia, while a third species, T. hypostictus, the Many-spotted Hummingbird, often is placed in the monotypic Taphrospilus, but are all sometimes placed here.