Green-tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus theresiae) [XC303424]
by Brice de la Croix from Caracara\u00ed, Roraima, Brazil (flight call)
Green-tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus theresiae) [XC85913]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Paragominas, PA, Brazil, Bacia 423, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
Genus probably constitutes an old Guianan and central Brazilian element with close morphological and behavioural affinities with Leucochloris and Leucippus. Formerly separated in monospecific genus Smaragdites.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
theresiae (Da Silva Maia, 1843) - The Guianas and north-central Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Amapá).
leucorrhous Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1867 - Eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas) to north-western Brazil (R Negro) and north-eastern Peru (Loreto).