Barbthroats
Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species

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The barbthroats are a genus Threnetes of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

Taxonomy

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
Threnetes leucurus Pale-tailed barbthroat Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela
Threnetes niger Sooty barbthroat French Guiana
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 5–6.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.


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