Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC275250]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (call, call in flight)
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC426104]
by Jerome Fischer from Las Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (song)
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.