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Racket-tipped Thorntail

Discosura longicaudus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

English (US) Racket-tipped Thorntail

The Racket-tipped Thorntail (Discosura longicaudus) 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: tropical southern Venezuela to the Guianas and eastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Discosura longicaudus
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Racket-tipped Thorntail
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Trochilus longicaudus
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Type locality
No type locality; Cayenne designated by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 89.
Original description
Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.498

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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