Pale-tailed Barbthroat

The taxonomy of the Threnetes leucurus/T. niger complex has caused much confusion in recent years: Schuchmann & Hinkelmann considered the Sooty Barbthroat a melanistic variant of T. leucurus, but as it was described first, its scientific name was adopted for the entire species; Pale-tailed Barbthroat . This, however, has not been accepted by all authorities, notably SACC, which consider both T. niger and T. leucurus as valid species.

The Pale-tailed Barbthroat is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Pale-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes leucurus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in the Amazon Basin proper and bordering countries, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. The taxonomy of the Threnetes leucurus/T. niger complex has caused much confusion in recent years: Schuchmann & Hinkelmann (1999) considered the Sooty Barbthroat a melanistic variant of T. More

Pale-tailed Barbthroat and ] has been two species, then lumped, and now again split. =Habitat= =Habitat= Moist lowland forests and swamps. Moist lowland forests and swamps. More

English: Pale-tailed Barbthroat, Sooty Barbthroat Spanish: Ermitaño Barbudo Común, Pico de Sable Negruzco Finnish: Nokikaulurikolibri French: Ermite à queue blanche, Ermite d'Antonia, Ermite d'Antonie Italian: Colibrì barbuto fuligginoso Japanese: usuzumihigehachidori Japanese: ウスズミヒゲハチドリ Latin: Threnetes niger Dutch: Beroete Baardkolibrie Norwegian: Skjeggstubberemitt Polish: pustelnik czarny Portuguese: balança-rabo-escuro Portuguese (Brazil): balança-rabo-escuro Slovak: ciernobrádok sadzový Avibase has been visited 75404459 times since 24 June 2003. More

Pale-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes niger) , in del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. & J. Sargatel, eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Page 539. Hinkelmann, C. and K. Schuchmann. 1997. Phylogeny of the hermit hummingbirds (Trochilidae: Phaethornithinae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environments 32:142-163. Parker, T. A., III, D.F. Stotz, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and Distributional Databases, in Stotz, D. F., J. W. Fitzpatrick, T. A. Parker III, and D. K. More

Pale-tailed Barbthroat displaying the throat pattern. b. The posture of a male Reddish Hermit singing at the lek. All display and social interactions observed appeared to be between these birds and no known female visited the singing territory although the juvenile could have been a female. When another Barbthroat visits a singing male, the latter hovers off his perch with tail fanned, draws his head sharply backwards and at the same time throws his breast forward, so displaying the striking throat pattern (Fig. More