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All racket-tails have pronounced sexual dimorphism. Only the male has elongated outer rectrices (tail feathers). These tail feathers have bare shafts with long terminal oval flags. In all five subspecies of white-booted racket-tail those feathers are straight and do not cross; the flags slightly overlap. Both sexes of all have greenish upperparts without a glittering forehead, and all have white leg puffs. Males have a greenish gray throat and a solid green belly. Male white-booted racket-tails are 11 to 15 cm (4.3 to 5.9 in) long including the 7 to 8 cm (2.8 to 3. Voice: Both male and female white-booted racket-tails give "a diagnostic, descending, thin sweet trill, 'ti-tlee-ee-ee' single 'tsit' and 'trrt' notes."
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When to see the White-booted Racket-tail
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-booted Racket-tail
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.
About the White-booted Racket-tail
The white-booted racket-tail is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Peruvian Racket-tailOcreatus peruanusAll racket-tails have pronounced sexual dimorphism.
Rufous-booted Racket-tailOcreatus addaeAll racket-tails have pronounced sexual dimorphism.
Side by side: Scaly-breasted Hummingbird vs White-booted Racket-tail · Peruvian Racket-tail vs White-booted Racket-tail · Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs White-booted Racket-tail
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