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Goldenthroats
Polytmus
The goldenthroats are a small group of hummingbirds in the genus Polytmus.
The genus Polytmus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the type species as Polytmus guainumbi thaumantias, a subspecies of the white-tailed goldenthroat. The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek πολυτιμος polutimos "very costly", "valuable".
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
White-tailed Goldenthroat
speciesPolytmus guainumbi
Green-tailed Goldenthroat
speciesPolytmus theresiae
Tepui Goldenthroat
speciesPolytmus milleri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5781.