Barbthroats | |
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Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri | |
Scientific 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.
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]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Pale-tailed barbthroat | Threnetes leucurus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Sooty barbthroat | Threnetes niger (Linnaeus, 1758) Two subspecies
| French Guiana![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Band-tailed barbthroat | Threnetes ruckeri (Bourcier, 1847) Three subspecies
| from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
The supposed "black barbthroats", described as T. grzimeki, are actually juvenile males of the rufous-breasted hermit (Glaucis hirsuta).