Rufous-booted racket-tail
The rufous-booted racket-tail (Ocreatus addae) is usually considered a species of hummingbird. It is found from central Peru to Bolivia.[1] It is named in honour of Mrs Adda Wilson.[2]
| Rufous-booted racket-tail | |
|---|---|
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| male "Anna's" racket-tail | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Ocreatus |
| Species: | O. addae |
| Binomial name | |
| Ocreatus addae (Bourcier, 1846) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ocreatus underwoodii addae | |
It previously was considered conspecific with the white-booted racket-tail and the Peruvian racket-tail, together called the booted racket-tail. In fact, many taxonomic authorities, including the American Ornithological Society, continue to lump the species together.
There is also some studies indicating a further split called the Anna's racket-tail, but more data is required for the species status.[3]
References
- History, Field Museum of Natural; Hellmayr, Carl Eduard; Conover, Boardman; Cory, Charles Barney (1918-01-01). Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands in Field Museum of Natural History: Including All Species and Subspecies Known to Occur in North America, Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and Islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Galapagos Archipelago, and Other Islands which May Properly be Included on Account of Their Faunal Affinities. Field Museum of Natural History. p. 260.
Peruvian racket-tail -wikipedia.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472905741.
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