ADW: Phaethornis: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Apodiformes (hummingbirds and swifts)
        
        Family Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
        
        Genus Phaethornis
        
        Species Phaethornis anthophilus (pale-bellied hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis atrimentalis (black-throated hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis augusti (sooty-capped hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis bourcieri (straight-billed hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis eurynome (scale-throated hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis griseogularis (grey-chinned hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis guy (green hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis hispidus (white-bearded hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis idaliae (minute hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis koepckeae (Koepcke's hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis longirostris (western long-tailed hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis longuemareus (little hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis malaris (great-billed hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis nattereri (cinnamon-throated hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis philippii (needle-billed hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis pretrei (planalto hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis ruber (reddish hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis rupurumii (streak-throated hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis squalidus (dusky-throated hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis striigularis (stripe-throated hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis stuarti (white-browed hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis subochraceus (buff-bellied hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis superciliosus (eastern long-tailed hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis syrmatophorus (tawny-bellied hermit)
        
        Species Phaethornis yaruqui (white-whiskered hermit)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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