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Bearded Thornbills
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Bearded Thornbills

Chalcostigma

Chalcostigma is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. 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. It contains the following species:

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill

speciesChalcostigma herrani

Blue-mantled Thornbill

speciesChalcostigma stanleyi

Bronze-tailed Thornbill

speciesChalcostigma heteropogon

Rufous-capped Thornbill

speciesChalcostigma ruficeps

Olivaceous Thornbill

speciesChalcostigma olivaceum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5897.