Schistes
| Schistes | |
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| White-throated wedgebill, (Schistes albogularis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Trochilinae |
| Genus: | Schistes Gould, 1846 |
| Species | |
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1 or 2 | |
Schistes is a genus of hummingbird that was long considered to have only one species, the wedge-billed hummingbird S. geoffroyi. The genus usually includes 2 species, recognized by most authorities. The American Ornithological Society has yet to recognize the split:
- Geoffroy's wedgebill (Schistes geoffroyi)
- White-throated wedgebill (Schistes albogularis)
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