Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. Mato Grosso, Brazil
Age: Adult \ Sex: Female | Loc. Mato Grosso, Brazil
Age: Adult \ Sex: Female | Loc. Mato Grosso, Brazil
Age: Adult \ Sex: Male & Female| Loc. Mato Grosso & Venezuela
Status: The White-tailed Goldenthroat is common but very local. It is known to occur in the open grasslands mixed with shrubs of Pampas de Heath in extreme southeast Peru and similar habitat types in Loreto (Jeberos area). It also occurs in Co, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Garganta-de-Oro de Cola Blanca.
Sub-species: White-tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus guainumbi thaumantias), Linnaeus 1766.
Meaning of Name: Polytmus: Gr. Polutimos: very costly, valuable. guainumbi: Tupí Brazilian rays of the sun (bird), for a hummingbird.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.