Heliomaster

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Starthroats
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Infraclass: Neoaves
(unranked) Cypselomorphae
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Genus: Heliomaster
Species

Heliomaster constantii
Heliomaster furcifer
Heliomaster longirostris
Heliomaster squamosus

Long-billed Starthroat(Heliomaster longirostris)John Gould lithograph.
Long-billed Starthroat
(Heliomaster longirostris)
John Gould lithograph.

Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae. They are commonly known as starthroats due to the males' ornamental plumage.

It contains the following species:


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