The piedtails are a small group of
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 ar ...
in the genus ''Phlogophilus''. It contains two species:
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Peruvian piedtail
The Peruvian piedtail (''Phlogophilus harterti''), locally called Colibrí Colipinto Peruano, is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) '' ...
(''Phlogophilus harterti'')
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Ecuadorian piedtail
The Ecuadorian piedtail (''Phlogophilus hemileucurus'') 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 ...
(''Phlogophilus hemileucurus'')
References
Phlogophilus
Bird genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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