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Booted Racket-tail (also known as Racket-tailed Puffleg) has been split into three species:
'''Alternative Name: Racket-tailed Puffleg'''
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*[[White-booted Racket-tail]] -- [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], and west slope of the Andes in [[Ecuador]]
[[Image:Booted_Racket-tail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Adult male <br />Photo by cfagyal<br />Location: Tandayapa, [[Ecuador]] ]]
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*[[Peruvian Racket-tail]] -- southeastern Andes of [[Colombia]] (western Putumayo, south of the upper Caquetá River), eastern [[Ecuador]], and eastern [[Peru]] south to Huánuco (Huallaga Valley)
[[Image:Booted_racket-tail_female_by_Megan_Perkins.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Adult female <br />Photo by Megan Perkins<br />Location: Tandayapa, [[Ecuador]] ]]
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*[[Rufous-booted Racket-tail]] -- central and southern [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]]
==Identification==
 
'''Male''' - iridescent green above, golden flashes, purple underparts, white above legs, long tail streamers ending in blue spoon shaped rackets, long pointed bill, dark iris. The white thighs are replaced by buff to rufous in the southern subspecies.
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Bolivia]] along the mountains. Colored "pufflegs" are found from eastern Ecuador to Bolivia.
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
Eight subspecies are recognized, ''underwoodii'', ''polystictus'', ''discifer'', ''incommodus'', ''melanantherus'', ''peruanus'', ''addae'', and ''annae''. The last three subspecies have colored "pufflegs", the rest have them white.
 
 
 
==Habitat==
 
Rainforest.
 
==Behaviour==
 
 
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Ocreatus+underwoodii}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Ocreatus]]
 

Latest revision as of 23:06, 1 January 2023

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Booted Racket-tail (also known as Racket-tailed Puffleg) has been split into three species:

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