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Ruby Topaz

Chrysolampis mosquitus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Ruby-topaz hummingbird in bright sunlight. [I believe this is a ruby-topaz hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus); picture taken on Bonaire on 2010-12-03; as per the Internet information I found, there are only two species of hummingbirds on Bonaire, of which one is "iridescent, brilliant red crown and an orange-gold throat" and the other "deep green" (emerald hummingbird, chlorostilbon mellisugus).]
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Open encyclopedia reference

The ruby-topaz hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus), commonly referred to simply as the ruby topaz, is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes. It is found in Aruba, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Wikipedia contributors, Ruby-topaz hummingbird; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:02:54.586546+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Chrysolampis mosquitus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name: Ruby Topaz
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chrysolampis
Extinction status: Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classAves
orderApodiformes
familyTrochilidae
subfamilyTrochilinae
genusChrysolampis F. Boie, 1831
speciesChrysolampis mosquitus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 256 records assigned to Trochilidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Trochilus mosquitus Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

South America

Source literature & publication evidence

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https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=555082 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:5Z2CZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.