Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri)

Other Names (World)
Band-tailed Barbthroat, Rucker's Hermit, Rucker's Barbthroat, Blue Fan-tailed Barbthroat

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC251625]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Canand\u00e9, Ecuador (song)

Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC261681]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (song, song at small lek)

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.
venezuelensis Cory, 1913 - North-western Venezuela.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) - 10 files

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