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The species Coppery Thorntail is possibly extinct. |
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Alternative name: Letitia's Thorntail
- Discosura letitiae
Popelairia letitiae
Identification
Distribution
South America; this species is only known from two specimens taken prior to 1852 labeled Bolivia, but borders have changed and descriptions of location were often unreliable anyway in that period [2]
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Discosura vs. Popelairia
Sibley & Monroe (1996) place Wire-crested Thorntail (popelairii), Black-bellied Thorntail (langsdorffi), and Coppery Thorntail (letitiae) in the genus Popelairia. However, Howard & Moore (2003) and Clements (2008) place these three taxa in Discosura, and Opus follows.
Habitat
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- BirdLife Species Factsheet as read on 3/3/2008
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Coppery Thorntail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Coppery_Thorntail
