Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC261684]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (flight call, flight calls)
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC261682]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (flight call, wing noise)
Subspecies
Proposed subspecies darienensis based on birds from an extensive zone of character introgression in eastern Panama and northern Colombia, involving ventosus, nominate and venezuelensis.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
ventosus Bangs & Penard, TE, 1924 - Eastern Guatemala and Belize to Panama.
ruckeri (Bourcier, 1847) - Northern and western Colombia and western Ecuador.