Green Thorntail
Discosura conversii(Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1846)
English (US) Green Thorntail
The Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Costa Rica to Panama, western Colombia, and western EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Discosura conversii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green Thorntail
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1846)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Conversii
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1846)
- Type locality
- Bogota.
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie 9 p.313 pl.9
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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