Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus)

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).

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

Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus) [XC365042]
by Phil Stouffer from Lagoa dos Gatos, Pernambuco, 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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