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Chalcostigma

Chalcostigma
Rainbow-Bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani).jpg
Chalcostigma herrani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chalcostigma
L. Reichenbach, 1854

Chalcostigma is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning bronze and stigme for a spot or mark, a reference to the beard on the bronze-tailed thornbill. It contains the following species:


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