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Racket-tailed Coquette

Discosura longicaudus (Gmelin, JF 1788)

The racket-tailed coquette is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae native to northern South America. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Trochilidae
Genus:
   Discosura
Scientific:
  Discosura longicaudus


Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Trochilus longicaudus

Type locality:
  No type locality; Cayenne designated by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 89.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2897098


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  831ECD375C89FE1F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-831ECD37

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/831ECD37


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 693151

Geographic range:

  • Discosura longicaudus: tropical southern Venezuela to the Guianas and eastern Brazil
English:
Racket-tailed Coquette
Catalan:
Colibrí cuallarg de raquetes
Czech:
kolibřík pálkoocasý
Danish:
Spatelhalet Pragtalf
German:
Diskusfadenelfe
Spanish:
Rabudito de Raquetas
Spanish (Spain):
Rabudito de Raquetas
Finnish:
viiripyrstökolibri
French:
Coquette à raquettes
Croatian:
bakrenastoprsi kolibrić
Hungarian:
zászlósfarkú fecskekolibri
Icelandic:
Spaðabríi
Italian:
Coquette codaracchetta
Japanese (romaji):
himerakettohachidori
Japanese:
ヒメラケットハチドリ
Lithuanian:
Paprastasis dygliauodegis kolibris
Dutch:
Vlagstaartkolibrie
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Hjartetrådstjert
Norwegian:
Hjertetrådstjert
Polish:
rakietnik
Portuguese:
Bandeirinha
Portuguese (Brazil):
bandeirinha
Portuguese (Portugal):
colibri-de-bandeirinhas
Russian:
Флагохвост
Slovak:
prilbiarik zástavkový
Serbian:
Dugorepi koketa kolibri
Swedish:
spatelnålstjärt
Ukrainian:
Рабудито
Chinese:
扇尾蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
拍尾蜂鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Coquette à raquettes ( Discosura longicaudus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Coquette à raquettes ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 1st edition:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements, version 2021:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements, version 2022:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements, version 2023:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements, version 2024:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements 3rd edition:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 4th edition:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Clements 6th edition:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements, version 2015:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements, version 2016:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements, version 2017:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements, version 2018:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Clements, version 2019:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 1.50:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 1.52:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 1.53:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 1.54:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 1.55:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 2015:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 2016:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 2017:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 2018:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 2019:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 2021:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 2022:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 2023:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
eBird version 2024:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Racquet-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Racquet-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Racquet-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Racquet-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Racquet-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Racquet-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Discosura longicauda
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Discosura longicauda
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Discosura longicauda
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicauda)
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Racket-tailed Coquette ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Racket-tipped Thorntail ( Discosura longicaudus)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Discosura longicaudus
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Discosura longicaudus

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: Colibrí cuallarg de raquetes
Czech: kolibřík pálkoocasý, Kolibrík ploskoocasý
Danish: Spatelhalet Pragtalf
German: Diskuselfe, Diskus-Elfe, Diskusfadenelfe
English: Racket tailed Coquette, Racket-tail, Racket-tailed Coquette, Racket-tipped Thorntail, Racquet-tailed coquette
English, HBW: Racket-tailed Coquette
English (IOC): Racket-tailed Coquette
English (United States): Racket-tipped Thorntail
Spanish: Cola-de-lira Raqueta, Coqueta Cola de Raqueta, Coqueta de Cola Raqueta, Rabudito de Raquetas
Spanish (Colombia): Cola-de-lira Raqueta
Spanish (Spain): Rabudito de Raquetas
Spanish (HBW): Racket-tailed Coquette
Spanish (Venezuela): Coqueta Cola de Raqueta, Coqueta Cola Raqueta
Finnish: Viiripyrstökolibri
French: Coquette à queue en palettes, Coquette à raquettes
Croatian: bakrenastoprsi kolibrić
Hungarian: zászlósfarkú fecskekolibri
Icelandic: Spaðabríi
Italian: Colibrì coda aracchetta, Coquette codaracchetta
Japanese (romaji): himerakettohachidori
Japanese: ヒメラケットハチドリ
Kazakh: зымыранқұйрықты колибри
Scientific: Discosura longicauda, Discosura longicaudus, Trochilus longicaudus, Trochilus platurus
Lithuanian: Paprastasis dygliauodegis kolibris
Dutch: Vlagstaartkolibrie
Norwegian Nynorsk: Hjartetrådstjert
Norwegian: Hjertetrådstjert
Polish: rakietnik
Portuguese: Bandeirinha, Beija-flor-bandeirinha, pavãozinho
Portuguese (Brazil): Bandeirinha, beija-flor-bandeirinha, pavãozinho
Portuguese (Portugal): colibri-de-bandeirinhas
Russian: Ракетохвостый колибри, Ракетохвостый колибри-кокет, Флагохвост
Slovak: prilbiarik zástavkový
Serbian: Dugorepi koketa kolibri
Sranan: Korke, Kownubri
Swedish: spatelnålstjärt, Spatelstjärtskokott
Turkish: Raket kuyruklu telkuyruk
Tatar: ракета койрыклы колибри, ракета койрыклы чебенкош
Ukrainian: Рабудито
Chinese: 扇尾蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 拍尾蜂鳥

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