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| − | '''Alternative Name: Racket-tailed Puffleg'''
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| − | [[Image:RACKET TAIL1.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />Photo © by {{user|mmdnje|mmdnje}}<br />Tanadayapa, [[Ecuador]], December 2007]]
| + | Booted Racket-tail (also known as Racket-tailed Puffleg) has been split into three species: |
| − | ;[[: Category:Ocreatus|Ocreatus]] underwoodii
| + | *[[White-booted Racket-tail]] -- [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], and west slope of the Andes in [[Ecuador]] |
| − | '''Includes: Peruvian Racket-tail; Rufous-booted Racket-tail; White-booted Racket-tail'''
| + | *[[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) |
| − | ==Identification==
| + | *[[Rufous-booted Racket-tail]] -- central and southern [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]] |
| − | '''Male'''
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| − | *Iridescent green above with golden flashes
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| − | *Green or purple underparts depending on location
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| − | *Long tail streamers ending in blue spoon shaped rackets
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| − | *Long pointed bill
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| − | *Dark iris
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| − | *Variation:
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| − | **White thighs and undertail coverts in the northernmost five subspecies
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| − | **Buff to rufous thighs and undertail coverts in the southern three subspecies.<br />
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| − | '''Female'''
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| − | *Similar to male but with
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| − | *White underparts, flecked with green along the sides and flanks
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| − | *Green tail shorter than male, lacks rackets, but deep fork with white tips to outher [[Topography#Tails|rectrices]]
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| − | *Head has dark side with a narrow white and a narrow black stripe in the [[Topography#Heads|malar]] region
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| − | *Variation in thigh and undertail colors same as in male
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| − | ==Distribution==
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| − | [[Image:Booted_Racket-tail.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Adult male <br />Photo © by {{user|cfagyal|cfagyal}}<br />Tandayapa, [[Ecuador]], September 2004]]
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| − | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]].
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| − | Colored "pufflegs" are found from eastern Ecuador to Bolivia.
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| − | ==Taxonomy==
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| − | ====Subspecies====
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| − | [[Image:Booted_racket-tail_female_by_Megan_Perkins.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Adult female <br />Photo © by {{user|Megan+Perkins|Megan Perkins}}<br />Tandayapa, [[Ecuador]], February 2005]]
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| − | Eight subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> which are split in three species by Gill and Donsker:
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| − | *White-booted Racket-tail (''Ocreatus underwoodi''):
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| − | :*''O. u. polystictus'':
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| − | ::*Coastal mountains of northern [[Venezuela]] (Carabobo to Miranda)
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| − | :*''O. u. discifer'':
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| − | ::*[[Colombia]] to north-western [[Venezuela]] (Zulia to Falcón, Táchira, western Barinas)
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| − | :*''O. u. underwoodii'':
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| − | ::*Eastern Andes of [[Colombia]]
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| − | :*''O. u. incommodus'':
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| − | ::*Western and Central Andes of [[Colombia]]
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| − | :*''O. u. melanantherus'':
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| − | ::*Andes of [[Ecuador]]
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| − | *Peruvian Racket-tail (''Ocreatus peruanus''):
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| − | :*''O. u. peruanus'':
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| − | ::*Eastern [[Ecuador]] and north-eastern [[Peru]]
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| − | *Rufous-booted Racket-tail (''Ocreatus addae''): | |
| − | :*''O. u. annae'':
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| − | ::*Andes of central and southern [[Peru]]
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| − | :*''O. u. addae'':
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| − | ::*Yungas of [[Bolivia]] (La Paz to Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca)
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| − | ==Habitat==
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| − | [[Image:Booted racket-tail DSC7997.jpg|thumb|350px|right|A 'southern' male<br />Photo © by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />Machu Pichu, [[Peru]], July 2009 ]]
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| − | Subtropical to temperate forest, more likely at edges, ravines, roads, etc than at deep forest interior. May use second growth to rainforest, cloud forest, elfin forest, and coffee plantations.
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| − | ==Behaviour==
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| − | Usually seen alone, but may occur together with other hummingbirds at large, flowering trees. Except at such trees, will seek nectar mostly low to at mid height in canopy.
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| − | ====Diet====
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| − | Includes nectar and insects. Readily visits garden feeders.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker17V7.2}}#Avibase
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| − | #BF Member observations
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| − | # Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
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| − | # Erize et al. 2006 Birds of South America, non-passerines. Princeton Illustrated Checklists, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. ISBN 0-691-12688-7
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | {{GSearch|Ocreatus+underwoodii}}
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| − | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Ocreatus]] | |
