Green-tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus theresiae) [XC74400]
by Daniel Lane from Iracoubo, savane Trou Poissons, French Guiana (call)
Green-tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus theresiae) [XC74118]
by Alex Lees from c16 km W Guayara, Beni, BO, Bolivia (song)
Subspecies
Genus probably constitutes an old Guianan and central Brazilian element with close morphological and behavioural affinities with Leucochloris and Leucippus. Formerly separated in monospecific genus Smaragdites.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
theresiae (Da Silva Maia, 1843) - The Guianas and north-central Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Amapá).
leucorrhous Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1867 - Eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas) to north-western Brazil (R Negro) and north-eastern Peru (Loreto).