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 LC    Black-bellied Thorntail* Id (Atlas):
    Discosura langsdorffi

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Popelairia langsdorffi [BirdLife International (2004)], Popelairia langsdorffi [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Popelairia langsdorffi [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Black-bellied Thorntail, Black-breasted Thorntail, Langsdorff's Thorntail

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
7.90 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1821)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
Black-bellied Thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi) [XC482828]
     by id from Novo Progresso, State of Par\u00e1, Brazil (song)

 
Black-bellied Thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi) [XC83821]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Manu Wildlife Centre, Madre de Dios, Peru (call)

Subspecies
Often placed in genus Popelairia, along with Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii), Coppery Thorntail (Discosura letitiae) and Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii). Genus closely related to Lophornis.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • melanosternon (Gould, 1868)   -  South-eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and western Brazil (R Madeira, R Guaporé, R Negro, western Mato Grosso).
  • langsdorffi (Temminck, 1821)   -  Eastern Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro).



References
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Files:
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