The band-tailed barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) is a medium-sized hummingbird that is found from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and...

sooty/pale-tailed barbthroat complex has caused much confusion. Some authors consider the sooty barbthroat to be a melanistic variant of the pale-tailed barbthroat...

"mourner". The type species is the pale-tailed barbthroat. The genus contains three species. The supposed "black barbthroats", described as T. grzimeki, are actually...

species. The pale-tailed barbthroat and the other two members of its genus, band-tailed barbthroat (T. ruckeri) and sooty barbthroat (T. niger), form a...

swift Band-tailed antbird Band-tailed antshrike Band-tailed antwren Band-tailed barbthroat Band-tailed earthcreeper Band-tailed fruiteater Band-tailed guan...

more distinct, resembling a barbthroat (Threnetes). They were once described as a distinct species, the "black barbthroat" ("T. grzimeki"). Similarly...

first, its scientific name was adopted for the entire species; pale-tailed barbthroat (T. niger). This, however, has not been accepted by all authorities...

This species was formerly referred to as the eastern long-tailed hermit. The long-tailed hermit was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl...

hermit, Glaucis hirsutus Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri Pale-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes leucurus (E-SA) Sooty barbthroat, Threnetes niger (E-SA)...

Fork-tailed woodnymph Violet-capped woodnymph Peruvian sheartail Pale-tailed barbthroat Sooty barbthroat Band-tailed barbthroat Sparkling-tailed woodstar...

1788) 10 Band-tailed barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri (Bourcier, 1847) 11 Pale-tailed barbthroat Threnetes leucurus (Linnaeus, 1766) 12 Sooty barbthroat Threnetes...

and down the centre of the throat. The central feathers of the tapered tail are—for large hermit—relatively short and white-tipped, and are wiggled in...

brown above with a rufous rump and uppertail coverts. The next-to-inner tail feathers are longer than the others and all have white tips. Their underparts...

gently decurved bill, shorter wings, more grayish underparts, and a longer tail than the male. The white-whiskered hermit is found from Colombia's northern...

White-tipped sicklebill, Eutoxeres aquila Bronzy hermit, Glaucis aeneus Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri Green hermit, Phaethornis guy Long-billed hermit...

Saucerottia cyanocephala LC Bahama woodstar, Nesophlox evelynae LC Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri LC Beautiful hummingbird, Calothorax pulcher...

(G. hirsuta) Bronzy hermit (G. aenea) Threnetes Sooty barbthroat (T. niger) Band-tailed barbthroat (T. ruckeri) Anopetia Broad-tipped hermit (A. gounellei)...

to the outer pair of feathers. The saw-billed hermit is found in a narrow band of southeastern Brazil from the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo...

flycatcher Apolinar's wren Argus bare-eye Cinnamon attila Band-tailed barbthroat Pale-tailed barbthroat Baudó oropendola Beautiful woodpecker Bearded bellbird...

(endangered) Rufous-breasted hermit, Glaucis hirsutus Pale-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes leucurus Sooty barbthroat, Threnetes niger Broad-tipped hermit, Anopetia gounellei...

Glaucis aeneus LC Rufous-breasted hermit, Glaucis hirsutus LC Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri LC Green hermit, Phaethornis guy LC Little hermit...

Glaucis hirsutus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri (Bourcier, 1847) Pale-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes leucurus (Linnaeus, 1766)...

olive green and the underparts brownish to grayish. The innermost pair of tail feathers are longer than the others and have long white tips; the others...

the long-tailed hermit, P. superciliosus, which is found east of the Andes. The two populations were called the western and eastern long-tailed hermits;...

(G. hirsuta) Bronzy hermit (G. aenea) Threnetes Sooty barbthroat (T. niger) Band-tailed barbthroat (T. ruckeri) Anopetia Broad-tipped hermit (A. gounellei)...

aquila Buff-tailed sicklebill, Eutoxeres condamini Bronzy hermit, Glaucis aeneus Rufous-breasted hermit, Glaucis hirsutus Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes...

Venezuela. The white-tipped sicklebill shares the genus Eutoxeres with the buff-tailed sicklebill (E. condamini). It has three subspecies, the nominate E. a. aquila...

aquila Rufous-breasted hermit, Glaucis hirsutus Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri Pale-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes leucurus Streak-throated hermit...

anthophilus 500,000-4,999,999 LC Estimate is for mature individuals only. Band-tailed barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri 500,000-4,999,999 LC Estimate is for mature individuals...

genus Phaethornis was introduced in 1827 by William Swainson with the long-tailed hermit as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek phaethōn...