Biology:Schistes
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Short description: Genus of birds
Schistes | |
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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
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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]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Geoffroy's daggerbill | Schistes geoffroyi (Bourcier, 1843) |
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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White-throated daggerbill | Schistes albogularis Gould, 1852 |
Colombia and Ecuador. |
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LC
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References
- ↑ "Trochilidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=80.
- ↑ 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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistes.
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