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).