Threnetes

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Barbthroats

Band-tailed Barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Subfamily:	Phaethornithinae
Genus:	Threnetes Gould, 1852
Species
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).

Phaethornithinae (Hermit Hummingbirds)

Genus	Species

Ramphodon	Saw-billed Hermit (R. naevius)

Eutoxeres	White-tipped Sicklebill (E. aquila) Buff-tailed Sicklebill (E. condamini)

Glaucis	Hook-billed Hermit (G. dohrnii) Rufous-breasted Hermit (G. hirsuta) Bronzy Hermit (G. aenea)

Threnetes	Sooty Barbthroat (T. niger) Band-tailed Barbthroat (T. ruckeri)

Anopetia	Broad-tipped Hermit (A. gounellei)

Phaethornis	Dusky-throated Hermit (P. squlidus) Streak-throated Hermit (P. rupurumii) Tapajós Hermit (P. aethopyga) Little Hermit (P. longuemareus) Minute Hermit (P. idaliae) Cinnamon-throated Hermit (P. nattereri) Black-throated Hermit (P. atrimentalis) Stripe-throated Hermit (P. striigularis) Gray-chinned Hermit (P. griseogularis) Reddish Hermit (P. ruber) White-browed Hermit (P. stuarti) Buff-bellied Hermit (P. subochraceus) Sooty-capped Hermit (P. augusti) Planalto Hermit (P. pretrei) Scale-throated Hermit (P. eurynome) Pale-bellied Hermit (P. anthophilus) White-bearded Hermit (P. hispidus) White-whiskered Hermit (P. yaruqui) Green Hermit (P. guy) Tawny-bellied Hermit (P. syrmatophorus) Koepcke's Hermit (P. koepckeae) Needle-billed Hermit (P. philippii) Straight-billed Hermit (P. bourcieri) Long-billed Hermit (P. longirostris) Long-tailed Hermit (P. superciliosus) Great-billed Hermit (P. malaris)

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