Hummingbirds

Racket-tipped Thorntail

Discosura longicaudus

The Racket-tipped Thorntail (Discosura longicaudus) is a 3.4 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

3.4 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, GF, Venezuela, France.

Where to see it: Fredberg · Zintete Lodge (Suriname); Brownsberg Nature Park · accommodations and nearby trails (Suriname); Roche Corail (French Guiana); Atta Lodge / Iwokrama Canopy Walkway (Guyana); Brownsberg Nature Park (please use more precise location) (Suriname).

Photo: (c) Inacio Oliveira, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist