Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus)

Stripe-breasted Starthroat, a reference photo — Photo: Rick elis.simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

The stripe-breasted starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Brazil.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Stripe-breasted Starthroat being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Heliomaster longirostris
Heliomaster furcifer
Heliomaster constantii
Eugenes fulgens

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Heliomaster
Species: Heliomaster squamosus

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