Schistes
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 | |
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. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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White-throated daggerbill
| Schistes albogularis Gould, 1852 | Colombia and Ecuador. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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