Letitia's Thorntail
Discosura letitiae(Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1852)
English (US) Letitia's Thorntail
The Letitia's Thorntail (Discosura letitiae) 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: known from three specimens ca. 1852 labeled from “Bolivia”Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Discosura letitiae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- English (US)
- Letitia's Thorntail
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1852)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus letitiae
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1852)
- Type locality
- Bolivia.
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie (2), 4 p.143
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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