''Chalcostigma'' is a genus of South American

hummingbird Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics aro ...

s in the family Trochilidae.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus ''Chalcostigma'' was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist

Ludwig Reichenbach Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (8 January 1793 – 17 March 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist. It was he who first requested Leopold Blaschka to make a set of glass marine invertebrate models for scientific education and museu ...

. The type species was subsequently designated as the

bronze-tailed thornbill The bronze-tailed thornbill (''Chalcostigma heteropogon'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Bird ...

by George Gray. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek ''khalkos'' meaning bronze and ''stigme'' for a spot or mark, a reference to the beard on the

. The genus contains the following five species: *

Rufous-capped thornbill The rufous-capped thornbill (''Chalcostigma ruficeps'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Bir ...

(''Chalcostigma ruficeps'') *

Olivaceous thornbill The olivaceous thornbill (''Chalcostigma olivaceum'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the Wo ...

(''Chalcostigma olivaceum'') *

Blue-mantled thornbill The blue-mantled thornbill (''Chalcostigma stanleyi'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Bird ...

(''Chalcostigma stanleyi'') *

Bronze-tailed thornbill The bronze-tailed thornbill (''Chalcostigma heteropogon'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Bird ...

(''Chalcostigma heteropogon'') *

Rainbow-bearded thornbill The rainbow-bearded thornbill (''Chalcostigma herrani'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the B ...

(''Chalcostigma herrani'')

References

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