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Starthroats
Heliomaster longirostris - Gould
Long-billed Starthroat
(Heliomaster longirostris)
John Gould lithograph.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Tribe: Lampornini
Genus: Heliomaster
Bonaparte, 1850
Species
  • Heliomaster constantii (Delattre, 1843)
  • Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw, 1812)
  • Heliomaster longirostris (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)
  • Heliomaster squamosus (Temminck, 1823)

Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae. They are commonly known as starthroats due to the males' ornamental plumage.

Species[]

The genus contains the following species:[1]

Referencens[]

  1. ^ "Heliomaster". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 November 2011. 

External links[]


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