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Barbthroats | |
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Band-tailed Barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Phaethornithinae |
Genus: | Threnetes |
Species | |
2-4, see text |
Threnetes is a genus in the hummingbird family (Trochilidae). It contains the following species, collectively known as the barbthroats:
- Pale-tailed Barbthroat, Threnetes leucurus (formerly in T. niger)
- Sooty Barbthroat, Threnetes niger
- Bronze-tailed Barbthroat, T. (n.) loehkeni
- Christina's Barbthroat, T. (n./l.) christinae (doubtfully distinct from loehkeni)
- Freire's Sooty Barbthroat, T. (n./l.) freirei
- Band-tailed Barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
The supposed "Black Barbthroats", described as T. grzimeki, are actually juvenile males of the Rufous-breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsuta).
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