calypte-Calypte: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is Calypte?

  • A subgenus of humming-birds, the helmet hummers, having metallic scales on the crown as well as on the throat, and the gorget prolonged into a ruff. Two species, C. annæ and C. costæ, inhabit California and Mexico.

    Un sottogenere di colibrì, l'Hummer di casco, con scale metalliche sulla corona e sulla gola e la gorgiera prolungato in un collare. Due specie, c. annæ e c. costæ, abitano California e Messico.

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