The starthroats in ''Heliomaster'' is a

hummingbird Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics aro ...

genus in the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Trochilinae.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

References

External links

* * Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Neotropics {{hummingbird-stub