White-throated hummingbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: |
Leucochloris L. Reichenbach, 1854 |
Species: | L. albicollis |
Binomial name | |
Leucochloris albicollis (Vieillot, 1818) |
The white-throated hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of the genus Leucochloris. It is found in north-eastern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
It is found in forest, woodland, parks and gardens. It is generally common, and therefore considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International.