Riccordia Reichenbach, 1854 .

Syn: Cyanophaia Reichenbach, 1854; type, Trochilus bicolor Gmelin,1788 Note: R. bracei is tentatively placed here and adjacent to R. ricordii, with which it had been previously considered conspecific; see Graves & Olson (1987).

Riccordia ricordii (Gervais, 1835)

Riccordia bracei (Lawrence) *† Riccordia elegans (Gould) *†

Riccordia swainsonii (Lesson)

Riccordia maugaeus (Audebert & Vieillot) Riccordia bicolor (Gmelin)

Cynanthus Swainson, 1827a . Note: if considered separate species, osberti* and salvini * would follow forficatus in the linear sequence.

Cynanthus latirostris Swainson, 1827a Cynanthus doubledayi (Bourcier) Cynanthus auriceps (Gould) *

Cynanthus forficatus (Ridgway) Cynanthus canivetii (Lesson)