Booted racket-tail
Appearance
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male Anna's racket-tail | |
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Genus: | Ocreatus Gould, 1846
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Ocreatus is a genus of hummingbird that was long considered to have only one species, the booted racket-tail O. underwoodii; field research by Karl-L. Schuchmann published in 2016 found notable differences between some populations traditionally assigned to O. underwoodii, however, and recommended that the taxa annae, addae, and peruanus be raised to species level.[1] The research results have been mostly accepted by the IOC, with more data required for the species status of Anna's racket-tail.[2]
- Peruvian racket-tail (Ocreatus peruanus)
- Anna’s racket-tail (Ocreatus annae)
- Rufous-booted racket-tail (Ocreatus addae)
- White-booted racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii)