Plumeleteer

Chalybura
Bronze-tailed plumeleteer
(Chalybura urochrysia)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Chalybura
Reichenbach, 1854
Type species
Trochilus buffonii[1]
Lesson, 1832
Species

2, see text

The plumeleteers are a genus Chalybura of Neotropical hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

Species

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The genus contains the following species:[2]

Genus Chalybura – Reichenbach, 1854 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
White-vented plumeleteer


Male
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Female

Chalybura buffonii
(Lesson, 1832)

Five subspecies
 Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Bronze-tailed plumeleteer


Male
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Female

Chalybura urochrysia
(Gould, 1861)

Three subspecies
  • C. u. urochrysia
  • C. u. melanorrhoa
  • C. u. isaurae
eastern Honduras to northwestern Ecuador.
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



References

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  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.


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