| Starthroat | |
|---|---|
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| Long-billed starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) John Gould lithograph. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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The starthroats in Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.
The genus contains the following species: [2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain-capped starthroat | Heliomaster constantii (Delattre, 1843) Three subspecies
| western Mexico, (the Sierra Madre Occidentals), to southern Costa Rica | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Long-billed starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) Three subspecies
| southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Stripe-breasted starthroat | Heliomaster squamosus (Temminck, 1823) | eastern and southeastern Brazil. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Blue-tufted starthroat | Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw, 1812) | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
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