Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) - HBW 5, p. 571
French: Coquette à queue fine
German: Grüne Fadenelfe
Spanish: Rabudito Verde
Taxonomy: Trochilus Conversii Bourcier and Mulsant, 1846, Bogotá.
Often placed in genus Popelairia, along with D. popelairii, D. langsdorffi and D. letitiae; genus closely related to Lophornis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Costa Rica and Panama through W Colombia to W Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female at a feeder, taking advantage of Green-fronted Brilliant to reach food Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 6 years ago 28 sec 4.9 -
Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of a male Locality Mirador Rio Blanco, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 25 February 2007 3 years ago 26 sec 4.9 -
A female feeding at a feeder Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 17 August 2006 4 years ago 27 sec 4.8 -
A female at a feeder, taking advantage of a male and a female Green-fronted Brilliant to reach food Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 6 years ago 28 sec 4.8 -
Two females together, then a male and a female, perched on a leaf near feeders Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 6 January 2007 4 years ago 7 sec 4.7 -
Some females at a feeder, making use of other hummingbirds feeding to reach the liquid Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 4.7
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Male stretching wings before taking flight
Locality San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Paul Willoughby 22 August 2008 1 year ago 4 -
Female under rain
Locality Virgen del Socorro, Costa Rica
auf 24 July 2005 1 year ago 3.9 -
female stretching wings before taking flight
Locality San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Paul Willoughby 22 August 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
Side view of perched bird
Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador
mark sutton 1 July 2005 2 years ago 3.7 -
Female at nest in road/scrub edge
Locality Cocorná, Antioquía Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 26 July 2011 23 weeks ago 3.6 -
A female perching on a twig
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 30 September 2009 1 year ago 3.6
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