Wire-crested thorntail
| Wire-crested thorntail | |
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| Male | |
| Female both in Ecuador | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Discosura |
| Species: | D. popelairii
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| Binomial name | |
| Discosura popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846)
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| Synonyms | |
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Popelairia popelairii | |
The wire-crested thorntail (Discosura popelairii) is a hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in humid forests in the Andean foothills of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Bolivia.