Wire-crested thorntail
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Wire-crested thorntail | |
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Male above, female below | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Discosura |
Species: | D. popelairii |
Binomial name | |
Discosura popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846) | |
Synonyms | |
Popelairia popelairii |
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The wire-crested thorntail (Discosura popelairii) is a hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in humid forests in the Andean foothills of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Bolivia.[3][4][5]