Tepui Goldenthroat
Polytmus milleri(Chapman, FM, 1929)
English (US) Tepui Goldenthroat
The Tepui Goldenthroat (Polytmus milleri) 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.
Range: tepuis of southern Venezuela and adjacent Brazil (Roraima)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Polytmus milleri
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tepui Goldenthroat
- Described by
- (Chapman, FM, 1929)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Waldronia milleri
- Described by
- (Chapman, FM, 1929)
- Type locality
- Mt. Duida, 4700 feet, Venezuela.
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.380 p.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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