Barbthroat

Barbthroats
Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Subfamily:Phaethornithinae
Genus:Threnetes
Gould, 1852
Species

2-4, see text

The barbthroats are a group of hummingbirds in the genus Threnetes. It contains the following species:

  • 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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