Pale-tailed Barbthroat
Threnetes leucurus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Pale-tailed Barbthroat
The Pale-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes leucurus) 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
- Threnetes leucurus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pale-tailed Barbthroat
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Threnetes leucurus cervinicauda
- Threnetes leucurus rufigastra
- Threnetes leucurus leucurus
- Threnetes leucurus medianus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus leucurus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- South America = Surinam, ex Edwards, pi. 256, f. 1.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.190
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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