Chalcostigma is a genus of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Chalcostigma was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. The type species was subsequently designated as the bronze-tailed thornbill by George Gray. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning bronze and stigme for a spot or mark, a reference to the beard on the bronze-tailed thornbill.
The genus contains the following five species:
Genus Chalcostigma – Reichenbach, 1854 – five species
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Scientific name and subspecies
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IUCN status and estimated population
Rufous-capped thornbill
Chalcostigma ruficeps (Gould, 1846)
Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
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LC
Olivaceous thornbill
Chalcostigma olivaceum (Lawrence, 1864)
Bolivia and Peru
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