Schistes

Schistes is a genus of hummingbird that was long considered to have only one species, the wedge-billed hummingbird S. geoffroyi. The genus usually includes 2 species, recognized by most authorities:

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, 1846
Species

1 or 2

References


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