Birds of the World

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Genus: Discosura (5 species)


Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) Male Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to w Ecuador Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Los Bancos, Ecuador
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) Female Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to w Ecuador Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Los Bancos, Ecuador
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A tiny hummingbird, especially the female with no crest or long tail.


Black-bellied Thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi melanosternon) Male Range: SA: w Amazonia and se Brazil Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Black-bellied Thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi melanosternon) Female Range: SA: w Amazonia and se Brazil Aconabikh Reserve, Peru Female is very similar to Wire-crested Thorntail except for green and white speckled chest (Hawrylyshyn)
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.

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Letitia's Thorntail (Discosura letitiae) Range: SA: ne Bolivia


Racket-tipped Thorntail (Discosura longicaudus) Range: SA: c, s Venezuela, n, e Brazil and the Guianas Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Racket-tipped Thorntail (Discosura longicaudus) Range: SA: c, s Venezuela, n, e Brazil and the Guianas ESEC de Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil
Photograph by Ciro Albano - NE Brazil Birding © All Rights Reserved.


Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii) Male Range: SA: ec Colombia to se Peru and nw Bolivia Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii) Female Range: SA: ec Colombia to se Peru and nw Bolivia Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Additional photo.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba