The white-booted racket-tail is a species of hummingbird. It is found in the Andean cordillera of northern Venezuela, western Colombia, and on the eastern slope of the Andes in Ecuador. Long considered the only species in the monotypic genus Ocreatus, the bird is now sometimes split into three species, the white-booted racket-tail, the Peruvian racket-tail, and the rufous-booted racket-tail. Some taxonomists, such as the American Ornithological Society, continue to lump all the species together, calling it the booted racket-tail. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Lesson, RP 1832)
Reference:
Les Trochilidées
Protonym:
Ornismya underwoodii
Type locality:
Brazil? = Bogotá
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/182896#page/117/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
D58511D6CA31F67E
Avibase ID:
avibase-D58511D6
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D58511D6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555263
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Booted Racket-tail [Booted] ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Booted Racket-tail [Booted] ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Booted Racket-tail [Booted] ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Booted Racket-tail [Booted] ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Booted Racket-tail [Booted] ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Booted Racket-tail [Booted] ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Booted Racket-tail [Booted] ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Booted Racket-tail (White-booted) ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Booted Racket-tail (White-booted) ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Booted Racket-tail (White-booted) ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Booted Racket-tail (White-booted) ( Ocreatus underwoodii [underwoodii Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: White-booted Racket-tail ( Ocreatus underwoodii) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Ocreatus [underwoodii, addae or peruanus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
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