Black-bellied thorntail

Black-bellied thorntail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Discosura
Species: D. langsdorffi
Binomial name
Discosura langsdorffi
Temminck, 1821
Synonyms

Popelairia langsdorffi (Temminck, 1821)

The black-bellied thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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