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''Schistes'' is a genus of hummingbirds in the family
Trochilidae 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 ...
. It was long considered to have only one species, the
wedge-billed hummingbird Wedge-billed hummingbird has been split into the following species: * Geoffroy's daggerbill, ''Schistes geoffroyi'' * White-throated daggerbill The white-throated daggerbill, white-throated wedgebill, or western wedge-billed hummingbird (''Sc ...
but this species was split. The genus now includes two species:


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