Starthroat

The starthroats in Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.

Starthroat
Long-billed starthroat
(Heliomaster longirostris)
John Gould lithograph.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Genus: Heliomaster
Bonaparte, 1850
Species

4, see text

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Plain-capped starthroatHeliomaster constantiiwestern Mexico, (the Sierra Madre Occidentals), to southern Costa Rica
Long-billed starthroatHeliomaster longirostrissouthern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad
Stripe-breasted starthroatHeliomaster squamosuseastern and southeastern Brazil.
Blue-tufted starthroatHeliomaster furciferArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador.
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