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Coppery Thorntail Discosura letitiae



Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Authority: (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
Known only from two 19th century trade skins labelled as 'from Bolivia', there remains the possibility that the species has been subsequently overlooked. Given the complete lack of modern information regarding the species, it is classified as Data Deficient.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: unknown

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Coppery Thorntail Discosura letitiae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/coppery-thorntail-discosura-letitiae on 25/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 25/12/2024.