Schistes

Schistes
White-throated daggerbill, (Schistes albogularis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Subfamily:	Polytminae
Genus:	Schistes Gould, 1852
Type species
Trochilus geoffroyi [1] Bourcier, 1843
Species
1 or 2

Schistes is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. It was long considered to have only one species, the wedge-billed hummingbird but this species was split. The genus now includes two species: ^[2]

Genus Schistes – Gould, 1852 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Geoffroy's daggerbill	Schistes geoffroyi (Bourcier, 1843)	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-throated daggerbill	Schistes albogularis Gould, 1852	Colombia and Ecuador.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.