Starthroat
| Starthroat | |
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| Long-billed starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) John Gould lithograph. | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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| Species | |
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The starthroats in Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following species:[2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Plain-capped starthroat
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Heliomaster constantii (Delattre, 1843) Three subspecies
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western Mexico, (the Sierra Madre Occidentals), to southern Costa Rica
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Long-billed starthroat
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Heliomaster longirostris (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) Three subspecies
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southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Stripe-breasted starthroat
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Heliomaster squamosus (Temminck, 1823) |
eastern and southeastern Brazil.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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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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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
[edit]- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
External links
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Media related to Heliomaster at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Heliomaster at Wikispecies
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