Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Coppery Thorntail (Discosura letitiae) - HBW 5, p. 571

French: Coquette de Létitia German: Kupferfadenelfe Spanish: Rabudito Cobrizo

Taxonomy: Trochilus letitiae Bourcier and Mulsant, 1852, Bolivia.
Often placed in genus Popelairia, along with D. popelairii, D. langsdorffi and D. conversii; genus closely related to Lophornis. Monotypic.

Distribution: Lowlands of NE Bolivia.