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Racket-tipped thorntail

Discosura longicaudus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The racket-tipped thorntail (Discosura longicaudus) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 3.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Racket-tipped thorntail (Discosura longicaudus)
Photo: Stephen J Jones · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the racket-tipped thorntail

Weight
3.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the racket-tipped thorntail live?

Not recorded

What is the racket-tipped thorntail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The racket-tipped thorntail, formerly called racket-tailed coquette, (Discosura longicaudus) is a species of hummingbird in subfamily lesbiinae of family Trochilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Racket-tipped thorntail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Racket-tipped_thorntail&oldid=1314616120), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the racket-tipped thorntail endangered?

The racket-tipped thorntail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the racket-tipped thorntail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusDiscosura
  7. SpeciesDiscosura longicaudus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Discosura longicauda, Discosura longicauda longicauda, Discosura longicauda longicauda, Trochilus longicaudus, Trochilus platurus

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Racket-tailed coquetteEnglish
  • Racket-tailed coquetteEnglish
  • Racquet-tailed coquetteEnglish
  • colibrí cuallarg de raquetesCatalan
  • kolibřík pálkoocasýCzech
  • Spatelhalet PragtalfDanish
  • Spatelhalet TornhaleDanish
  • DiskuselfeGerman
  • DiskusfadenelfeGerman
  • rakedvosta kolibroEsperanto
  • Rabudito de RaquetasSpanish
  • viiripyrstökolibriFinnish
  • Coquette à raquettesFrench
  • bakrenastoprsi kolibrićCroatian
  • zászlósfarkú fecskekolibriHungarian
  • Coquette codaracchettaItalian
  • ヒメラケットハチドリJapanese
  • paprastasis dygliauodegis kolibrisLithuanian
  • VlagstaartkolibrieDutch
  • hjertetrådstjertNorwegian
  • rakietnikPolish
  • bandeirinhaPortuguese
  • colibri-de-bandeirinhasPortuguese
  • ФлагохвостRussian
  • Ракетохвостый колибриRussian
  • prilbiarik zástavkovýSlovak
  • Dugorepi koketa kolibriSerbian
  • spatelnålstjärtSwedish
  • Raket Kuyruklu TelkuyrukTurkish
  • рабудитоUkrainian
  • 扇尾蜂鸟Chinese
  • 拍尾蜂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the racket-tipped thorntail

Other species in the same genus Discosura.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the racket-tipped thorntail?

An adult racket-tipped thorntail weighs 3.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the racket-tipped thorntail endangered?

The racket-tipped thorntail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the racket-tipped thorntail?

The racket-tipped thorntail (Discosura longicaudus) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Racket-tipped thorntail (Discosura longicaudus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/racket-tipped-thorntail

MLA

“Racket-tipped thorntail (Discosura longicaudus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/racket-tipped-thorntail.

BibTeX
@misc{racket_tipped_thorntail_2026,
  title = {Racket-tipped thorntail (Discosura longicaudus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/racket-tipped-thorntail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}