Booted racket-tail
The booted racket-tails are a small group of hummingbirds in the genus Ocreatus that was long considered to have only one species, O. underwoodii.
| Booted racket-tail | |
|---|---|
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| Male Anna's racket-tail | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheini |
| Genus: | Ocreatus Gould, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Ocreatus underwoodii | |
Taxonomy
The genus was first recognized by John Gould in 1846. Field research by Karl-L. Schuchmann published in 2016, however, found notable differences between some populations traditionally assigned to O. underwoodii, and recommended that the taxa annae, addae, and peruanus be raised to species level.[1] The research results have been mostly accepted by the International Ornithological Union, with more data required for the species status of Anna's racket-tail.[2] The American Ornithological Society has yet to recognize the split.
Species
The genus contains three species:[3]
| Male | Female | Common name | Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | _JCB.jpg.webp) | Peruvian racket-tail | Ocreatus peruanus | eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru |
| Rufous-booted racket-tail | Ocreatus addae | southern Peru | |
 | .jpg.webp) | White-booted racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii | Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia |
References
- Schuchmann, Karl-L.; Weller, André-A.; Jürgens, Dietmar (2016). "Biogeography and taxonomy of racket-tail hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae: Ocreatus): Evidence for species delimitation from morphology and display behavior". Zootaxa. 4200 (1): 83. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4200.1.3. PMID 27988640.
- "Proposed Splits/Lumps « IOC World Bird List".
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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