Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) [XC23313]
by Kassius K. Santos from Jati, State of Cear\u00e1, Brazil (call, call in flyght)
Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) [XC760313]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Po\u00e7\u00f5es, State of Bahia, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
Occasionally been separated in genus Lepidolarynx. However, details of tail and bill morphology vary in a continuum from Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii) and Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) to Blue-tufted Starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer), with present species occupying an intermediate position, and treatment of all four as congeners now generally considered more appropriate. Some authors also merge Rhodopis.