Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Black-bellied Thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi) - HBW 5, p. 571
French: Coquette de Langsdorff
German: Brustband-Fadenelfe
Spanish: Rabudito Ventrinegro
Other common names: Black-breasted/Langsdorff’s Thorntail
Taxonomy: Trochilus langsdorffi Temminck, 1821, Brazil.
Often placed in genus Popelairia, along with D. popelairii, D. letitiae and D. conversii; genus closely related to Lophornis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanosternon (Gould, 1868) - SE Colombia and S Venezuela to E Ecuador, E Peru and W Brazil (R Madeira, R Guaporé, R Negro, W Mato Grosso).
- langsdorffi (Temminck, 1821) - E Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male stretching tail and wings, scratching its head with a foot and flying away. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp melanosternon)
Josep del Hoyo 9 August 2011 23 weeks ago 50 sec 4.3 -
A male changing of perch, showing the iridescence of its head and protruding the tongue. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp melanosternon)
Josep del Hoyo 9 August 2011 23 weeks ago 52 sec 4.2 -
A male stretching tail and wings and flying away, repeated at slow motion (33%). Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp melanosternon)
Josep del Hoyo 9 August 2011 23 weeks ago 54 sec 3.8 -
A perched male looking around and scratching its head once. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp melanosternon)
Josep del Hoyo 9 August 2011 23 weeks ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A male preening and stretching tail and wings several times. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp melanosternon)
Josep del Hoyo 9 August 2011 23 weeks ago 54 sec 3.8
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A male perched on a twig.
Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp melanosternon)
Edson Endrigo 9 August 2011 26 weeks ago 3.9
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