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Discosura is a genus of South and Central American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. The thorntails are sometimes placed in the genus Popelairia (Reichenbach, 1854), leaving Discosura for the racket-tailed coquette. On the contrary, some have argued for merging this genus into Lophornis, which they overall resemble, except for the highly modified tail-feathers of the males.

Taxonomy

The genus Discosura was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[1] Bonaparte did not specify a type species but this was designated as the racket-tailed coquette by George Robert Gray in 1855.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek diskos meaning "plate" with oura meaning "tail".[4]

The genus contains five species.[5]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Файл:Discosura popelairii -near Manu Road, Peru-8.jpg Wire-crested thorntail Discosura popelairii Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Файл:Black-bellied Thorntail perched.png Black-bellied thorntail Discosura langsdorffi Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Файл:Discosura letitiae.jpg Letitia's thorntail Discosura letitiae Probably Bolivia (only known from two old specimens of uncertain origin)
Файл:Green Thorntail JCB.jpg Green thorntail Discosura conversii Costa Rica to Ecuador
Файл:Bandeirinha (Discosura longicaudus) ESEC de Caetés, PE.jpg Racket-tailed coquette Discosura longicaudus Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and southern Venezuela

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