Threnetes
| Barbthroats | |
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| Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaethornithinae |
| Genus: | Threnetes Gould, 1852 |
| Species | |
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2-4, see text | |
Threnetes is a genus in the hummingbird family (Trochilidae). It contains the following species, collectively known as the barbthroats:
- Pale-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes leucurus (formerly in T. niger)
- Sooty barbthroat, Threnetes niger
- Bronze-tailed barbthroat, T. (n.) loehkeni
- Christina's barbthroat, T. (n./l.) christinae (doubtfully distinct from loehkeni)
- Freire's sooty barbthroat, T. (n./l.) freirei
- Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
The supposed "black barbthroats", described as T. grzimeki, are actually juvenile males of the rufous-breasted hermit (Glaucis hirsuta).
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