Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicauda) - HBW 5, p. 571
French: Coquette à raquettes
German: Diskuselfe
Spanish: Rabudito de Raquetas
Other common names: Brazilian Racquet-tail, Racquet-tailed Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Trochilus longicaudus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, no locality = Cayenne.
Often treated as sole member of genus Discosura, the remaining species being separated off in Popelairia; genus closely related to Lophornis. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar) and the Guianas to NC Brazil (N Amazonas to Amapá); also NE Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte to Espírito Santo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A Perched Bird (male); flying in the end. Locality Porto Seguro, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 13 March 2012 33 weeks ago 25 sec 4 -
A male feeding Locality Maracay-Choroní Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 April 2000 9 years ago 10 sec 3.8
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Bird captured in mist nets during ecological research to understand the effect of different types of land use on the avifauna Am
Locality Almeirim, Pará State, Brazil
Christian Andretti 2 February 2005 7 weeks ago 3.7
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