Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC275249]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: San Miguel, R\u00edo Cayapas, Ecuador (song, song in flight)
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) [XC275251]
by Kent Livezey from Esmeraldas: San Miguel, R\u00edo Cayapas, Ecuador (flight call, flight calls)
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.