Barbthroats | |
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Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Phaethornithinae |
Genus: |
Threnetes Gould, 1852 |
Type species | |
Trochilus leucurus
Linnaeus, 1766
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Species | |
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The barbthroats are a genus Threnetes of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
The genus Threnetes was introduced in 1852 by the English ornithologist John Gould. [1] The name is from the Ancient Greek thrēnētēs meaning "mourner". [2] The type species is the pale-tailed barbthroat. [3] The genus contains three species. [4]
Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Threnetes leucurus | Pale-tailed barbthroat | Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela |
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Threnetes niger | Sooty barbthroat | French Guiana |
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Threnetes ruckeri | Band-tailed barbthroat | from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela |
The supposed "black barbthroats", described as T. grzimeki, are actually juvenile males of the rufous-breasted hermit (Glaucis hirsuta).
Barbthroats | |
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Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Phaethornithinae |
Genus: |
Threnetes Gould, 1852 |
Type species | |
Trochilus leucurus
Linnaeus, 1766
| |
Species | |
See text |
The barbthroats are a genus Threnetes of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
The genus Threnetes was introduced in 1852 by the English ornithologist John Gould. [1] The name is from the Ancient Greek thrēnētēs meaning "mourner". [2] The type species is the pale-tailed barbthroat. [3] The genus contains three species. [4]
Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Threnetes leucurus | Pale-tailed barbthroat | Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela |
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Threnetes niger | Sooty barbthroat | French Guiana |
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Threnetes ruckeri | Band-tailed barbthroat | from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela |
The supposed "black barbthroats", described as T. grzimeki, are actually juvenile males of the rufous-breasted hermit (Glaucis hirsuta).