Booted Racket-tail

Booted Racket-tail
Booted Racket-tail
male, ssp. melanantherus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Ocreatus
Gould, 1846
Species: O. underwoodii
Binomial name
Ocreatus underwoodii
(Lesson, 1832)

The Booted Racket-tail, Ocreatus underwoodii, is a species of hummingbird. It is found in the Andean cordillera of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela; Venezuela also has a population on the northern coast.

References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Ocreatus underwoodii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 17 December 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern.

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