''Schistes'' is a genus of hummingbirds in the family

Trochilidae Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the Family (biology), biological family Trochilidae. With approximately 366 species and 113 genus, genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but most species are found in Cen ...

. It was long considered to have only one species, the

wedge-billed hummingbird Wedge-billed hummingbird has been split into the following species: * Geoffroy's daggerbill, ''Schistes geoffroyi'' * White-throated daggerbill The white-throated daggerbill, white-throated wedgebill, or western wedge-billed hummingbird (''Sch ...

but this species was split. The genus now includes two species:

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