Goldenthroat
Genus of birds
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The goldenthroats are a small group of hummingbirds in the genus Polytmus.
| Goldenthroat | |
|---|---|
| |
| Green-tailed goldenthroat, Polytmus theresiae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Polytminae |
| Genus: | Polytmus Brisson, 1760 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus thaumantias Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The genus Polytmus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the type species as Polytmus guainumbi thaumantias, a subspecies of the white-tailed goldenthroat.[1][2] The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek πολυτιμος polutimos "very costly", "valuable".[3]
The genus contains three species:[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed goldenthroat
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Polytmus guainumbi (Pallas, 1764) Three subspecies
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Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Tepui goldenthroat
|
Polytmus milleri (Chapman, 1929) |
Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Green-tailed goldenthroat
|
Polytmus theresiae (Da Silva Maia, 1843) Two subspecies
|
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
