White-booted Racket-tail
Ocreatus underwoodii(Lesson, RP, 1832)
English (US) White-booted Racket-tail
The White-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ocreatus underwoodii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- White-booted Racket-tail
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Ocreatus underwoodii polystictus
- Ocreatus underwoodii discifer
- Ocreatus underwoodii underwoodii
- Ocreatus underwoodii incommodus
- Ocreatus underwoodii melanantherus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya underwoodii
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1832)
- Type locality
- Brazil? = Bogotá
- Original description
- Les Trochilidées ou les Colibris et les Oiseaux-Mouches, suivis d'un Index Général, dans lequel sont décrites et classées méthodiquement toutes les races et espèces du genre Trochilus p.105 pl.37
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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