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Photo © by Stanley Jones
Villa Carmen Lodge, outside of Pilicopata, Cusco Department, Peru, September-2018
Villa Carmen Lodge, outside of Pilicopata, Cusco Department, Peru, September-2018
- Threnetes leucurus
Identification
Similar species
Sooty Barbthroat differs in tail pattern.
Distribution
Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Threnetes leucurus has four subspecies:[1]
- T. l. leucurus
- Southern Venezuela to Suriname, Amazonian Brazil and northern Bolivia
- T. l. cervinicauda
- Eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and adjacent western Amazonian Brazil
- T. l. rufigastra
- Central Peru to northern Bolivia
- T. l. medianus
- North-eastern Brazil south of the Amazon
Pale-tailed Barbthroat and Sooty Barbthroat has been two species, then lumped, and now again split.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and swamps.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
- SACC proposal discussing Sooty and Pale-throated Barbthroat
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pale-tailed Barbthroat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pale-tailed_Barbthroat
