Barbthroat

The barbthroats are a genus Threnetes of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

Barbthroats
Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Phaethornithinae
Genus: Threnetes
Gould, 1852
Species

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The genus contains the following species:[1]

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Threnetes leucurusPale-tailed barbthroatBrazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela
Threnetes nigerSooty barbthroatFrench Guiana
Threnetes ruckeriBand-tailed barbthroatfrom 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).

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.


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