Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)

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

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
7.60 - 11.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 700 - 1,000 m, occasionally up to 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama.

Costa Rica and Panama through western Colombia to western Ecuador.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) [XC233973]
by Karl S. Berg from Reserva Mangaloma, Pichincha, Ecuador (flight call)

Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) [XC205282]
by Jerome Fischer from Un Poco del Choco, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)

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

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) - 10 files

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