Lesbiini | |
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Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Lesbiinae |
Tribe: | Lesbiini Reichenbach, 1854 |
Genera | |
18, see text |
Lesbiini is one of the two tribes that make up the subfamily Lesbiinae in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The other tribe is Heliantheini (brilliants).
The informal name "coquettes" has been proposed for this group as the largest genus, Lophornis, has 11 species with "coquette" in their common name.[1]
The tribe contains 67 species divided into 18 genera.[2][3]