Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC227597]
by Niels Krabbe from Silanche reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC71395]
by Peter Boesman 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.