Schistes

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Schistes
Schistes geoffroyi (Pico de cuna) (22653616465).jpg
White-throated daggerbill, (Schistes albogularis)
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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 Schistes Gould, 1852 – two species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Geoffroy's daggerbill

Schistes geoffroyi (Pico de cuna) (22653616465).jpg

Schistes geoffroyi
(Bourcier, 1843)
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Schistes geoffroyi map.svg
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
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White-throated daggerbill

Schistes albogularis 240980514 (cropped).jpg

Schistes albogularis
Gould, 1852
Colombia and Ecuador.
Schistes albogularis map.svg
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
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References

  1. "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.