Racket-tailed Coquette

Racket-tailed Coquette
Racket-tailed Coquette
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Discosura
Species: D. longicaudus
Binomial name
Discosura longicaudus
Gmelin, 1788

The Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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