Green thorntail | |
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Male, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, NW Ecuador | |
Female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Discosura |
Species: | D. conversii
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Binomial name | |
Discosura conversii | |
Synonyms | |
Popelairia conversii |
The green thorntail (Discosura conversii) is a small hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.[3][4]