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==Identification==
 
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====Similar species====
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[[Sooty Barbthroat]] differs in tail pattern.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], and [[Venezuela]].
 
[[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], and [[Venezuela]].
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*''T. l. medianus''
 
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Pale-tailed Barbthroat and [[Sooty Barbthroat]] has been two species, then lumped, and now again split. 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Moist lowland forests and swamps.
 
Moist lowland forests and swamps.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thNov08}}  
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#{{Ref-Clements6thNov08}}#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCProp77.html SACC proposal] discussing Sooty and Pale-throated Barbthroat
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==

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Threnetes leucurus

Identification

Similar species

Sooty Barbthroat differs in tail pattern.

Distribution

Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Threnetes leucurus has four subspecies:[1]

  • T. l. leucurus
  • Southern Venezuela to Suriname, Amazonian Brazil and northern Bolivia
  • T. l. cervinicauda
  • Eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and adjacent western Amazonian Brazil
  • T. l. rufigastra
  • Central Peru to northern Bolivia
  • T. l. medianus
  • North-eastern Brazil south of the Amazon

Pale-tailed Barbthroat and Sooty Barbthroat has been two species, then lumped, and now again split.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and swamps.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
  2. SACC proposal discussing Sooty and Pale-throated Barbthroat

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