Schistes

Schistes
White-throated daggerbill, (Schistes albogularis)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Genus Schistes – Gould, 1852 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Geoffroy's daggerbill

Schistes geoffroyi
(Bourcier, 1843) 		Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



White-throated daggerbill

Schistes albogularis
Gould, 1852 		Colombia and Ecuador.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



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.


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