Biology:Schistes

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Short description: Genus of birds

Schistes
Schistes geoffroyi (Pico de cuña) (22653616465).jpg
White-throated daggerbill, (Schistes albogularis)
Scientific classification e
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 SchistesGould, 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.
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 



White-throated daggerbill

File:Schistes albogularis 240980514 (cropped).jpg

Schistes albogularis
Gould, 1852
Colombia and Ecuador.
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 



References

  1. "Trochilidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=80. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/. Retrieved 2 January 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10818969 entry