Biology:Barbthroat

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Short description: Genus of birds

Barbthroats
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri).jpg
Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Phaethornithinae
Genus: Threnetes
Gould, 1852
Type species
Trochilus leucurus
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

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The barbthroats are a genus Threnetes of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Threnetes was introduced in 1852 by the English ornithologist John Gould.[1] The name is from the Ancient Greek thrēnētēs meaning "mourner".[2] The type species is the pale-tailed barbthroat.[3] The genus contains three species.[4]

Image Name Common name Distribution
Threnetes leucurus 29221710.jpg Threnetes leucurus Pale-tailed barbthroat Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela
Histoirenaturell11874muls 0071.jpg Threnetes niger Sooty barbthroat French Guiana
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri).jpg Threnetes ruckeri Band-tailed barbthroat from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela

The supposed "black barbthroats", described as T. grzimeki, are actually juvenile males of the rufous-breasted hermit (Glaucis hirsuta).

References

  1. Gould, John (1852). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. 1. London: self. Plates 13, 15 and text (Part 4 Plates 14, 15). https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34843586.  The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. 
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 5–6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480016. 
  4. 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 8 January 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1081445 entry