Peruvian Racket-tail
Ocreatus peruanus(Gould, J, 1849)
English (US) Peruvian Racket-tail
The Peruvian Racket-tail (Ocreatus peruanus) 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: southeastern Andes of Colombia (western Putumayo, south of the upper RĂo Caquetá), eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru southward to Huánuco (Huallaga Valley)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ocreatus peruanus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Peruvian Racket-tail
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Spathura peruana
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1849)
- Type locality
- Moyobamba, Peru.
- Original description
- A Monograph of the Trochilidæ, or Family of Humming-birds pt1 pl.10,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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