Birds of the World


Rufous-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus addae annae) Male Range: SA: c Peru to Bolivia Manu National Park, Peru
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Rufous-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus addae annae) Female Range: SA: c Peru to Bolivia Manu National Park, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A tiny hummingbird, especially the female. The races with light rufous puffs were split from the now White-booted Racket-tail.


Peruvian Racket-tail (Ocreatus peruanus) Male Range: SA: e Ecuador and ne Peru Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
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Peruvian Racket-tail (Ocreatus peruanus) Female Range: SA: e Ecuador and ne Peru Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A tiny hummingbird, especially the female. Because of differences in male mating display, the peruana race of the Booted Racket-tail was split in a three way split as the Peruvian Racket-tail, even though it has a large range in Ecuador and reaches to southeast Colombia.


White-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) Male Range: SA: n Venezuela to w Ecuador ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia
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White-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii incommodus) Female Range: SA: n Venezuela to w Ecuador ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
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A tiny hummingbird, especially the female. The male has white leg puffs, and those with rufous leg puffs in the eastern part of the Andes to Bolivia are now considered another species.