Barbthroats | |
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Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Phaethornithinae |
Genus: |
Threnetes Gould, 1852 |
Species | |
2-4, see text |
2-4, see text
Threnetes is a genus in the hummingbird family (Trochilidae). It contains the following species, collectively known as the barbthroats:
The supposed "black barbthroats", described as T. grzimeki, are actually juvenile males of the rufous-breasted hermit (Glaucis hirsuta).