Schistes
| Schistes | |
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| White-throated daggerbill, (Schistes albogularis) | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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| Species | |
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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
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Schistes geoffroyi (Bourcier, 1843) |
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| White-throated daggerbill
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Schistes albogularis Gould, 1852 |
Colombia and Ecuador.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
[edit]- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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