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Heliothryx
Genus of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heliothryx is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The genus is assigned to the subfamily Polytminae which is sometimes referred to by the informal name "mangoes".
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Heliothryx | |
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Purple-crowned fairy (Heliothryx barroti) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Polytminae |
Genus: | Heliothryx F. Boie, 1831 |
Type species | |
Trochilus auritus (black-eared fairy) Gmelin, JF, 1788 | |
Species | |
2, see text |
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