Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) [XC811894]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Sede campestre da ADUFG, Hidrol\u00e2ndia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (flight call)
Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) [XC326058]
by Caio Brito from \u00c1gua Clara, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (flight 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.