White-throated hummingbird

White-throated hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Leucochloris
L. Reichenbach, 1854
Species: L. albicollis
Binomial name
Leucochloris albicollis
(Vieillot, 1818)

The white-throated hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of the genus Leucochloris. It is found in north-eastern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

It is found in forest, woodland, parks and gardens. It is generally common, and therefore considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International.

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