Starthroat
| Starthroat | |
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| Long-billed starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) John Gould lithograph. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Lampornithini |
| Genus: | Heliomaster Bonaparte, 1850 |
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The starthroats in Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.
Species[]
The genus contains the following species:[1]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Plain-capped starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | western Mexico, (the Sierra Madre Occidentals), to southern Costa Rica |
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Long-billed starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris | southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad |
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Stripe-breasted starthroat | Heliomaster squamosus | eastern and southeastern Brazil. |
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Blue-tufted starthroat | Heliomaster furcifer | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador. |
References[]
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Heliomaster at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Heliomaster at Wikispecies
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Categories:
- Heliomaster
- Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
- Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Neotropics
- Hummingbird stubs