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Schistes is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. It was long considered to have only one species, the wedge-billed hummingbird but this species was split. The genus now includes two species:[2]

Genus SchistesGould, 1852 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Geoffroy's daggerbill

Schistes geoffroyi
(Bourcier, 1843)
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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 LC 



White-throated daggerbill

Schistes albogularis
Gould, 1852
Colombia and Ecuador.
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 LC 



References

  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 2 January 2020.


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