Starthroat | |
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Long-billed starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) John Gould lithograph. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Lampornithini |
Genus: |
Heliomaster Bonaparte, 1850 |
Type species | |
Ornismya angelae
[1] Lesson, 1833
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Species | |
4, see text |
The starthroats in Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.
The genus contains the following species: [2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Plain-capped starthroat |
Heliomaster constantii (Delattre, 1843) Three subspecies
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western Mexico, (the Sierra Madre Occidentals), to southern Costa Rica![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Long-billed starthroat |
Heliomaster longirostris (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) Three subspecies
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southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Stripe-breasted starthroat |
Heliomaster squamosus (Temminck, 1823) |
eastern and southeastern Brazil.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Blue-tufted starthroat |
Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw, 1812) |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Starthroat | |
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Long-billed starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) John Gould lithograph. | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Lampornithini |
Genus: |
Heliomaster Bonaparte, 1850 |
Type species | |
Ornismya angelae
[1] Lesson, 1833
| |
Species | |
4, see text |
The starthroats in Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.
The genus contains the following species: [2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
---|---|---|---|---|
Plain-capped starthroat |
Heliomaster constantii (Delattre, 1843) Three subspecies
|
western Mexico, (the Sierra Madre Occidentals), to southern Costa Rica![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Long-billed starthroat |
Heliomaster longirostris (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) Three subspecies
|
southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Stripe-breasted starthroat |
Heliomaster squamosus (Temminck, 1823) |
eastern and southeastern Brazil.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Blue-tufted starthroat |
Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw, 1812) |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|