Phlogophilus
Appearance
Phlogophilus | |
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Ecuadorian piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Lesbiinae |
Tribe: | Lesbiini |
Genus: | Phlogophilus Gould, 1860 |
Phlogophilus, or the piedtails, are a small genus of hummingbirds. It contains two species.[1]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Peruvian piedtail | Phlogophilus harterti (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1901) |
Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Ecuadorian piedtail | Phlogophilus hemileucurus (Gould, 1860) |
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
[edit]- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.