Starthroat

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Starthroat
Heliomaster longirostris - Gould.jpg
Long-billed starthroat
(Heliomaster longirostris)
John Gould lithograph.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Lampornithini
Genus: Heliomaster
Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Ornismya angelae [1]
Lesson, 1833
Species

4, see text

The starthroats in Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.

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Species

The genus contains the following species: [2]

Genus Heliomaster Bonaparte, 1850 – four species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Plain-capped starthroat

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Heliomaster constantii
(Delattre, 1843)

Three subspecies
  • H. c. constantii
  • H. c. leocadiae
  • H. c. pinicola
western Mexico, (the Sierra Madre Occidentals), to southern Costa Rica
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Long-billed starthroat

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Heliomaster longirostris
(Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)

Three subspecies
  • H. l. longirostris
  • H. l. pallidiceps
  • H. l. albicrissa
southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad
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Stripe-breasted starthroat

Heliomaster squamosus Stripe-breasted Starthroat (M) 01.jpg
Male
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Female

Heliomaster squamosus
(Temminck, 1823)
eastern and southeastern Brazil.
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Blue-tufted starthroat

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Heliomaster furcifer
(Shaw, 1812)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador.
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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.