Barbthroat

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Barbthroats
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Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
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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]

Genus Threnetes Gould, 1852 – three species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Pale-tailed barbthroat

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Threnetes leucurus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Four subspecies
Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela
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Sooty barbthroat

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Threnetes niger
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Two subspecies
  • T. n. niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • T. n. loehkeni Grantsau, 1969
French Guiana
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Band-tailed barbthroat

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Threnetes ruckeri
(Bourcier, 1847)

Three subspecies
from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela
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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.