Schistes

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:[1]

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Schistes geoffroyiGeoffroy's daggerbillBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Schistes albogularisWhite-throated daggerbillColombia and Ecuador.

Schistes
White-throated daggerbill, (Schistes albogularis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Genus: Schistes
Gould, 1852
Species

1 or 2

References

  1. 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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