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Coppery Thorntail

Discosura letitiae

FAMILY

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

LAST DOCUMENTED

1852

(172 years)

REGION

South America

IUCN STATUS

Data Deficient

Last Documented

This mysterious hummingbird is known from only two specimens, both collected prior to 1852 (Graves 1999). Although they are labelled as originating from somewhere in Bolivia, the precise location of these birds is not known.

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