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 LC    Racket-tailed Coquette* Id (Atlas):
    Discosura longicaudus

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Discosura longicauda [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Discosura longicauda [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Racket-tailed Coquette, Brazilian Racquet-tail, Racquet-tailed Hummingbird

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8.10 - 10.70 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 700 m.

Range (Guide)
Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.

Unknown to Colombia.

Southern Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar) and the Guianas to north-central Brazil (northern Amazonas to Amapá); also north-eastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte to Espírito Santo).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

 
Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus) [XC705740]
     by Fernando Igor de Godoy from RPPN Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Veracel, Porto Seguro-BA, Bahia, Brazil (call)

 
Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus) [XC705741]
     by id from RPPN Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Veracel, Porto Seguro-BA, Bahia, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Often treated as sole member of genus Discosura, the remaining species being separated off in Popelairia. Genus closely related to Lophornis.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus) - 10 files


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