Discosura
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| Discosura | |
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| Green thorntail, Discosura conversii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Lesbiini |
| Genus: | Discosura Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Trochilus longicaudus (racket-tipped thorntail) Gmelin, JF, 1788
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Discosura is a genus of South and Central American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. The thorntails are sometimes placed in the genus Popelairia (Reichenbach, 1854), leaving Discosura for the racket-tipped thorntail. On the contrary, some have argued for merging this genus into Lophornis, which they overall resemble, except for the highly modified tail-feathers of the males.
Taxonomy
The genus Discosura was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[1] Bonaparte did not specify a type species but this was designated as the racket-tipped thorntail by George Robert Gray in 1855.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek diskos meaning "plate" with oura meaning "tail".[4]
The genus contains five species.[5]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Wire-crested thorntail
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Discosura popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846) |
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Black-bellied thorntail
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Discosura langsdorffi (Temminck, 1821) Two subspecies
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Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Letitia's thorntail
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Discosura letitiae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) |
Probably Bolivia (only known from two old specimens of uncertain origin)
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Green thorntail
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Discosura conversii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) |
Costa Rica to Ecuador
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Racket-tipped thorntail
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Discosura longicaudus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and southern Venezuela
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 84.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 22.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 35.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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