Goldenthroat
The goldenthroats are a small group of hummingbirds in the genus Polytmus.
| Goldenthroat | |
|---|---|
| Green-tailed goldenthroat, Polytmus theresiae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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. The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek πολυτιμος polutimos "very costly", "valuable".
The genus contains three species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polytmus guainumbi | White-tailed goldenthroat | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela | |
| Polytmus milleri | Tepui goldenthroat | Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela | |
| Polytmus theresiae | Green-tailed goldenthroat | Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador | |
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