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| − | [[Image:Wedge-billed_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''albogularis''<br />Photo by edenwatcher<br />Photo taken: Buenaventura, [[Ecuador]]]]
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| − | ;[[: Category:Schistes|Schistes]] geoffroyi
| + | '''Wedge-billed Hummingbird''' may refer to one of two species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Wedge-billed Hummingbird''' (''Schistes geoffroyi''): |
| − | ''Augastes geoffroyi''<br /> | |
| − | '''Includes: White-throated Wedgebill''' | |
| − | ==Identification==
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| − | This species has a very sharp bill (it is very narrow when seen from above). Throat is green in subspecies ''geoffroyi'', white in ''albogularis''.
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| − | ==Distribution==
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| − | [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Bolivia]].
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| − | ==Taxonomy==
| + | *'''[[White-throated Wedgebill]]''' - ''Schistes albogularis'' |
| − | Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
| + | *'''[[Geoffroy's Wedgebill]]''' - ''Schistes geoffroyi'' |
| − | *''S. g. geoffroyi | |
| − | **Andes of e Colombia to n Venezuela and e Peru
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| − | *''S. g. albogularis
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| − | **Western and Central Andes of Colombia and w Ecuador - split as '''White-throated Wedgebill''' by Gill and Donsker
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| − | *''S. g. chapmani
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| − | **Andes of central Bolivia (Cochabamba) | |
| − | Schistes geoffroyi'' vs ''[[:Category:Augastes|Augastes]] geoffroyi'': the pendulum has been swinging back and forth on which genus to put this species in. Opus as usual is following the current majority among worldwide taxonomic lists.
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| − | ==Habitat==
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| − | Moist montane forests.
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| − | ==Behaviour==
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| − | This species uses its sharp bill to pierce a hole near the bottom of a flower to rob the nectar through this back door. It does so at relatively large flowers such as ''Heliconia''.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | # Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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| − | # [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop206.html SACC] proposal (not passed) to lump genus ''Schistes'' into ''Augastes''
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | {{GSearch|Hummingbird+geoffroyi}}
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| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Augastes]] [[Category:Schistes]]
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