Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Apodimorphae see Order Apodiformes Peters, 1940
           Order Trochiliformes Wagler - hummingbirds see Suborder Apodi Peters, 1940
             Family Trochilidae Vigors, 1825 - hummingbirds
               Subfamily Trochilinae Jardine, 1833 - typical hummingbirds
                 Genus Chalybura Reichenbach, 1854
                   Chalybura buffonii (Lesson, 1832) - white-vented plumeleteer
                     1 Chalybura buffonii buffoniiᵀ (Lesson, 1832) - white-vented plumeleteer
                     2 Chalybura buffonii caeruleogaster (Gould, 1847) - blue-bellied plumeleteer
                     3 Chalybura buffonii intermedia - Ecuadorian plumeleteer