Green Thorntail

Common name: Green Thorntail
Scientific name: Discosura conversii
Clades: Lesbiini - Coquettes

The Green Thorntail males are about 9.5 to 10.2 cm (3.7 to 4.0 in) long and the females about 6.6 to 7.5 cm (2.6 to 3.0 in).

Green Thorntails have short straight bills and are tiny hummingbirds. There are distinctive, long, pointed tail feathers on the male, which are a shimmering green color. A distinctive white mustache and short tail characterize the female. There is a white band across the rump of both sexes. Coquettes are most similar, but without orangey tones. Forests and gardens are its habitats; it visits feeders.

The Green Thorntail are found on the Caribbean slope in Costa Rica and the Pacific slopes of Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador almost to the Peruvian border. It is thought to also occur on the Caribbean side of eastern Panama. It is primarily a forest canopy species, inhabiting the upper levels of the interior and edges of humid montane forests and lowland evergreen forests. It also occurs in flowering trees in clearings. In elevation, it mostly ranges from 700 to 1,400 m (2,300 to 4,600 ft) in Costa Rica, 600 to 1,200 m (2,000 to 3,900 ft) in Panama, from near sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in Colombia, and at 300 to 1,000 m (980 to 3,300 ft) in Ecuador.

Endemic to the Americas.