Barbthroat
| Barbthroats | |
|---|---|
| Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Clade: | Strisores | 
| Order: | Apodiformes | 
| Family: | Trochilidae | 
| Subfamily: | Phaethornithinae | 
| Genus: | Threnetes Gould, 1852 | 
| Type species | |
| Trochilus leucurus Linnaeus, 1766 | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
The barbthroats are a genus Threnetes of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.