White-tailed Goldenthroat
Polytmus guainumbi(Pallas, PS, 1764)
English (US) White-tailed Goldenthroat
The White-tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus guainumbi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
- Scientific name
- Polytmus guainumbi
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-tailed Goldenthroat
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1764)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Polytmus guainumbi andinus
- Polytmus guainumbi guainumbi
- Polytmus guainumbi thaumantias
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus guainumbi
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1764)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope, error = Surinam, cf. Richmond, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 47, 1905, p. 344.
- Original description
- Adumbratiunculæ. Avium variarum praecedenti elencho insertarum, sed quæ in Systemate Naturæ Illustr. Linnæi nondum extant p.2 no.60
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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