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 LC    Green Thorntail* Id (Atlas):
    Discosura conversii

Description (10)
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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) [XC282530]
     by id from Esmeraldas: Reserva Jatun Sacha de Bilsa, Ecuador (call, calls and 'tail clapping' of displaying male)

 
Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) [XC894262]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from La Fortuna (near El Castillo), San Ram\u00f3n, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (flight 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:
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