Starthroat

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Starthroat
Long-billed starthroat
(Heliomaster longirostris)
John Gould lithograph.
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Plain-capped starthroat Heliomaster constantii western Mexico, (the Sierra Madre Occidentals), to southern Costa Rica
Long-billed starthroat Heliomaster longirostris southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad
Stripe-breasted starthroat Heliomaster squamosus eastern and southeastern Brazil.
Blue-tufted starthroat Heliomaster furcifer Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador.

References

  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

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