Starthroats | |
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Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) John Gould lithograph. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Superorder: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Trochilinae |
Tribe: | Lampornini |
Genus: | Heliomaster Bonaparte, 1850 |
Species | |
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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]
- Plain-capped Starthroat, Heliomaster constantii
- Long-billed Starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris
- Stripe-breasted Starthroat, Heliomaster squamosus
- Blue-tufted Starthroat, Heliomaster furcifer
Referencens[]
- ^ "Heliomaster". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
External links[]
- Media related to Heliomaster at Wikimedia Commons
- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Heliomaster at Wikispecies
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