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Discosura popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 693147

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Popelairia popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846)
	Common Name(s):	Wire-crested Thorntail [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Apodiformes – Swifts, Hummingbirds
	Family	Trochilidae – Hummingbirds, oiseaux-mouches
	Subfamily	Trochilinae
	Genus	Discosura Bonaparte, 1850
	Species	Discosura popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846) – Wire-crested Thorntail

References


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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.11.05, website (version 05-Nov-05)
	Acquired:	2005
	Notes:	Zoonomen Nomenclatural data maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Discosura popelairii

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Dickinson, Edward C., ed.
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition
	Page(s):	1039
	Publisher:	Princeton University Press
	Publication Place:	Princeton, New Jersey, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-691-11701-2
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Discosura popelairii, Wire-crested Thorntail [English]

Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	South America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:

Comments


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