neotropics
Noun
Meaning
neotropics pl (plural only)
Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
Neotropics pl (plural only)
Alternative spelling of neotropics
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The two quetzal genera, Pharomachrus and Euptilotis are possibly derived from the final and most numerous genus of trogons in the Neotropics, Trogon.
Bird families originally unique to the Neotropics include hummingbirds (family Trochilidae) and wrens (family Troglodytidae).