Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) - HBW 5, p. 644

French: Haut-de-chausses à palettes German: Grünscheitel-Flaggensylphe Spanish: Colibrí de Raquetas
Other common names: Racquet-tail, Racquet-tailed Hummingbird

Taxonomy: Ornismya underwoodii Lesson, 1832, Brazil; error = Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia.
Based on display patterns, genus is closely related to Urosticte, Eriocnemis and Haplophaedia. Rufous-booted races addae, annae and peruanus sometimes considered to constitute one to three separate species. Proposed race ambiguus is synonymous with incommodus. Eight subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

polystictus Todd, 1942 - coastal mountains of N Venezuela (Carabobo to Miranda).
discifer (Heine, 1863) - NW Venezuela (Zulia and Falcón to Táchira and W Barinas) and NE Colombia (Norte de Santander).
underwoodii (Lesson, 1832) - E Andes of Colombia.

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polystictus Todd, 1942 - coastal mountains of N Venezuela (Carabobo to Miranda).
discifer (Heine, 1863) - NW Venezuela (Zulia and Falcón to Táchira and W Barinas) and NE Colombia (Norte de Santander).
underwoodii (Lesson, 1832) - E Andes of Colombia.
incommodus (Kleinschmidt, 1943) - W & C Andes of Colombia.
melanantherus (Jardine, 1851) - both slopes of Andes of Ecuador.
peruanus (Gould, 1849) - E Ecuador and NE Peru.
annae (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894) - C & S Peru.
addae (Bourcier, 1846) - Bolivia (Yungas of La Paz to Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca).

Least Concern

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A female near a feeder Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp melanantherus)
Albert Bassin 20 January 2008 4 years ago 4.3
Adult male perched on a leaf in the shadow. Note the pollen around the head! Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp melanantherus)
Pia Öberg 12 August 2005 1 year ago 4.3
A female at feeder Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 29 October 2011 1 year ago 4
female on a leaf Locality Dagua, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 4 November 2010 2 years ago 3.9
Frontal view of a female perched on a branch. Locality Cosñipata, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp annae)
Joe Tobias 1 December 2004 23 weeks ago 3.8
A male perched really close Locality Montezuma Peak, Tatama National Park, Colombia
Manakin Nature Tours 27 February 2012 42 weeks ago 3.7
Adult male Locality Ecuador (ssp melanantherus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 12 July 2009 3 years ago 3.7
Frontal view of female feeding in a flower Locality Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp polystictus)
Mikko Pyhälä 15 May 2010 3 years ago 3.4
Male on feeder. Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 22 December 2009 2 years ago 3.3
A common species of high Andean forests of Colombia. The photo observed a male perched on low bushes Locality Colombia
Pedro Arturo Camargo Mart... 14 April 2011 1 year ago 3.1
Male perched on branch Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 7 April 2009 3 years ago 3
Female at feeder. Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 22 December 2009 2 years ago 2.8
Eastern Andes type with brownish boots Locality Sumaco, Napo Province, Ecuador
Rodrigo Paez 18 April 2009 3 years ago 2.8
Lateral view of female in flight approaching a flower Locality Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp polystictus)
Mikko Pyhälä 15 May 2010 3 years ago 2
bird in front of feeder Locality Ecuador
floris 17 July 2009 3 years ago 2