Pale-tailed Barbthroat

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Pale-Tailed Barbthroat

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Threnetes
Species:	T. leucurus

Binomial name

Threnetes leucurus
Linnaeus, 1766

The Pale-Tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes leucurus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in the Amazon Basin proper and bordering countries, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

The taxonomy of the Threnetes leucurus/T. niger complex has caused much confusion in recent years: Schuchmann & Hinkelmann (1999) considered the Sooty Barbthroat a melanistic variant of T. leucurus, but as it was described first, its scientific name was adopted for the entire species; Pale-tailed Barbthroat (T. niger). This, however, has not been accepted by all authorities, notably SACC, which consider both T. niger and T. leucurus as valid species.

[edit] Source

BirdLife International 2004. Threnetes leucurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
Hinkelmann, C. (1999). Pale-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes niger). Pp. 539 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (editors) (1999): Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-25-3
Split Threnetes leucurus from Threnetes niger South American Classification Committee (2003).