Trainbearer

Trainbearer
Black-tailed trainbearer, Lesbia victoriae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Lesbiini
Genus: Lesbia
Lesson, 1833
Type species
Ornismya nuna
Lesson, 1832
Species

L. victoriae
L. nuna

Lesbia is a small genus of hummingbird. Its two members, both known as trainbearers, are found in tropical South America. They are:

Genus Lesbia – Lesson, 1833 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Black-tailed trainbearer


Male

Female

 Lesbia victoriae
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

Three subspecies
 Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Green-tailed trainbearer


Male

Female

 Lesbia nuna
(Lesson, 1832)

Six subspecies
  • L. n. gouldii Loddiges (1832)
  • L. n. gracilis Gould (1846)
  • L. n. aureliae Weller & Schuchmann (2004)
  • L. n. pallidiventris Simon (1902)
  • L. n. huallagae Weller & Schuchmann (2004)
  • L. n. nuna Lesson (1832)
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 



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