Racket-tipped thorntail | |
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A male in Pernambuco, Brazil, spreading its tail | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Discosura |
Species: | D. longicaudus
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Binomial name | |
Discosura longicaudus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Range of the racket-tipped thorntail | |
Synonyms[3] | |
Discosura longicauda (Gmelin, 1788) |
The racket-tipped thorntail, formerly called racket-tailed coquette, (Discosura longicaudus) is a species of hummingbird in subfamily lesbiinae of family Trochilidae.[4] It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.[5]