The plumeleteers are a genus Chalybura of Neotropical hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
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| Bronze-tailed plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Chalybura Reichenbach, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus buffonii[1] Lesson, 1832
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Species
editThe genus contains the following species:[2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| White-vented plumeleteer
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Chalybura buffonii (Lesson, 1832) Five subspecies
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Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Bronze-tailed plumeleteer
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Chalybura urochrysia (Gould, 1861) Three subspecies
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eastern Honduras to northwestern Ecuador.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
edit- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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