Trainbearer
Lesbia is a small genus of hummingbird. Its two members, both known as trainbearers, are found in tropical South America. They are:[1]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Black-tailed trainbearer
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Lesbia victoriae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) |
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Green-tailed trainbearer
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Lesbia nuna (Lesson, 1832) |
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Trainbearer | |
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Black-tailed trainbearer, Lesbia victoriae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Lesbiini |
Genus: | Lesbia Lesson, 1833 |
Type species | |
Ornismya nuna Lesson, 1832 | |
Species | |
L. victoriae |
References
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- Weller, André-A; Schuchmann, Karl-L. "Biogeographic and taxonomic revision of the trainbearers Lesbia (Trochilidae), with the description of two new subspecies" (PDF). Ornithol. 43.
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