Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC426104]
by Jerome Fischer from Las Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (song)
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC9182]
by Andrew Spencer from Finca Cuatro Rios, San Miguel de Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador (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.