Trainbearer
Black-tailed trainbearer, Lesbia victoriae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Lesbiini
Genus: Lesbia
Lesson, 1833
Type species
Ornismya nuna
Lesson, 1832
Species

L. victoriae
L. nuna

Lesbia is a small genus of hummingbird. Its two members, both known as trainbearers, are found in tropical South America. They are:[1]

Genus Lesbia – Lesson, 1833 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Black-tailed trainbearer

Lesbia victoriae
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

Three subspecies[2]
 Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Green-tailed trainbearer

Lesbia nuna
(Lesson, 1832)

Six subspecies
  • L. n. gouldii Loddiges (1832)
  • L. n. gracilis Gould (1846)
  • L. n. aureliae Weller & Schuchmann (2004)
  • L. n. pallidiventris Simon (1902)
  • L. n. huallagae Weller & Schuchmann (2004)
  • L. n. nuna Lesson (1832)
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



References

  1. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ Weller, André-A; Schuchmann, Karl-L. "Biogeographic and taxonomic revision of the trainbearers Lesbia (Trochilidae), with the description of two new subspecies" (PDF). Ornithol. 43.


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