Trainbearer

Lesbia is a small genus of hummingbird. Its two members, both known as trainbearers, are found in tropical South America. They are:^[1]

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Genus Lesbia – Lesson, 1833 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Black-tailed trainbearer Male Female	Lesbia victoriae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) Three subspecies[2] L. v. victoriae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) L. v. juliae (Hartert, 1899) L. v. berlepschi (Hellmayr, 1915)	Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Green-tailed trainbearer Male Female	Lesbia nuna (Lesson, 1832) Six subspecies L. n. gouldii Loddiges (1832) L. n. gracilis Gould (1846) L. n. aureliae Weller & Schuchmann (2004) L. n. pallidiventris Simon (1902) L. n. huallagae Weller & Schuchmann (2004) L. n. nuna Lesson (1832)	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

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Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Clade:Strisores

Order:Apodiformes

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Trainbearer
Black-tailed trainbearer, Lesbia victoriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Lesbiini
Genus:	Lesbia Lesson, 1833
Type species
Ornismya nuna Lesson, 1832
Species
L. victoriae L. nuna

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