It contains two species:[2]
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Genus Ramphomicron – Bonaparte, 1850 – two species
Common name |
Scientific name and subspecies |
Range |
Size and ecology |
IUCN status and estimated population |
Black-backed thornbill

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Ramphomicron dorsale Salvin & Godman, 1880 |
Colombia
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EN
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Purple-backed thornbill

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Ramphomicron microrhynchum (Boissonneau, 1840)
- R. m. andicola Simon (1921)
- R. m. microrhynchum Boissonneau (1840)
- R. m. albiventre Carriker (1935)
- R. m. bolivianum Schuchmann (1984)
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Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
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LC
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