Spot-throated Hummingbird (Thaumasius taczanowskii)
About the Spot-throated Hummingbird
The spot-throated hummingbird (Thaumasius taczanowskii) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Peru but there are uncorroborated sightings in Ecuador. The spot-throated hummingbird was formerly placed in the genus Leucippus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Leucippus was polyphyletic. To resolve the polyphyly the spot-throated hummingbird and the Tumbes hummingbird (Thaumasius baeri) were eventually moved by most taxonomic systems to the resurrected genus Thaumasius. The spot-throated hummingbird is monotypic.
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Listed as recorded in Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.