Racket-tipped Thorntail
Discosura longicaudus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Racket-tipped Thorntail, Discosura longicaudus, is a hummingbird of South America, breeding in central and southern Venezuela, northern and eastern Brazil, and the Guianas. It was first described by Gmelin in 1788. The bird is known for the male’s long tail, whose outer feathers end in a broad dark racket. It has a short, straight black bill, and the sexes differ in plumage. The species is placed in the family Trochilidae and has no recognised subspecies.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: c, s Venezuela, n, e Brazil and the Guianas
