Letitia's thorntail
| Letitia's thorntail | |
|---|---|
| Illustration by John Gould | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Discosura |
| Species: | D. letitiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Discosura letitiae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Popelairia letitiae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | |
Letitia's thorntail (Discosura letitiae), also known as the coppery thorntail, is a very poorly known species of hummingbird in the "coquettes" tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It was named after Letizia del Gallo Roccagiovine (1848–1863), granddaughter of the ornithologist Charles Bonaparte.