Letitia's Thorntail

Discosura letitiae Illustration by John Gould

The Coppery ( Discosura letitiae ) is a little known species from the family of hummingbirds. She is known only by the bellows of two males that were collected before 1852. These hummingbirds whose place of origin was only very imprecisely specified by Northeastern Bolivia, give researchers remain a mystery. In the opinion of researchers, it could be a variety or immature specimens of Diskuselfe ( Discosura longicauda ) to act in a hybrid or a presumably extinct species. Until the final clarification on the validity of this taxon the Coppery by the IUCN in the DD category (Data deficient = Insufficient data ) is listed.

The length of the bellows is provided with nine centimeters. The short straight beak is black. The hood is iridescent emerald green. The top is bronze-green with a white band across the rump. The throat has an iridescent emerald green drawing. The dark belly is washed out greenish. The flanks are bronze green. The tail is long and forked. The outer feathers are narrow and dark purple. The shafts of all the feathers are whitish. Information about the females, lifestyle, occurrence and habitat are not present.