Racket-tipped thorntail

Racket-tipped thorntail
A male in Pernambuco, Brazil, spreading its tail
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Discosura
Species:
D. longicaudus
Binomial name
Discosura longicaudus
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Racket-tipped Thorntail Discosura longicaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687285A93146569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687285A93146569.en. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ David, Norman; Gosselin, Michel (2002). "Gender agreement of avian species names". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 122 (1): 14–49 [37, No. 161, 47].
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 14.1. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del-Rio, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 27 July 2024. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved July 28, 2024