Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna) - HBW 5, p. 647

French: Porte-traîne nouna German: Grünschwanzsylphe Spanish: Colibrí Colilargo Menor

Taxonomy: Ornismya nuna Lesson, 1832, Peru.
Differences in display and behaviour do not suggest particularly close relationship with L. victoriae; probably closely related to Ramphomicron. Race eucharis, formerly thought to have come from Colombia, was provisionally placed in L. victoriae. Subspecific differences rather weak; proposed race chlorura is synonym of eucharis; boliviana is synonym of nominate. Five subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

gouldii (Loddiges, 1832) - Andes of NE & SC Colombia; old record from Venezuela (Mérida).
gracilis (Gould, 1846) - Andes of Ecuador.
pallidiventris (Simon, 1902) - Andes of N Peru.

See all 5 subspecies

gouldii (Loddiges, 1832) - Andes of NE & SC Colombia; old record from Venezuela (Mérida).
gracilis (Gould, 1846) - Andes of Ecuador.
pallidiventris (Simon, 1902) - Andes of N Peru.
eucharis (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848) - mountains near Huánuco (C Peru).
nuna (Lesson, 1832) - Andes of SW Peru and N Bolivia.