Green thorntail

Green thorntail
Male, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, NW Ecuador
Female
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Discosura
Species:
D. conversii
Binomial name
Discosura conversii
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)
Synonyms

Popelairia conversii

The green thorntail (Discosura conversii) is a small hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.