Birds of the World

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Genus: Discosura (5 species)


Green Thorntail
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

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© 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