Barbthroats | |
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Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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.
Taxonomy
[edit]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).
References
[edit]- ^ Gould, John (1852). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Vol. 1. London: self. Plates 13, 15 and text (Part 4 Plates 14, 15). The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 5–6.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.