Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Tepui Goldenthroat (Polytmus milleri) - HBW 5, p. 591

French: Colibri des tépuis German: Tepuiglanzkehlchen Spanish: Colibrí de Tepui

Taxonomy: Waldronia milleri Chapman, 1929, Mount Duida, 4700 feet [c. 1450 m], Venezuela.
Genus probably constitutes an old Guianan and C Brazilian element with close morphological and behavioural affinities with Leucochloris and Leucippus. Formerly separated in monotypic genus Waldronia. Forms a superspecies with P. guainumbi. Monotypic.

Distribution: Table mountains in Venezuela (Duida, Jauna, Auyán Tepui, Ptaritepui, Roraima and Serra de Pacaraima) and N Brazil (Roraima).