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title: "White-booted Racket-tail"
description: "Ocreatus underwoodii — Uccelli. The white-booted racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) is a species of hummingbird in the \"brilliants\", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-booted-racket-tail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# White-booted Racket-tail

> Ocreatus underwoodii — Uccelli. The white-booted racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae.

- Scientific name: *Ocreatus underwoodii*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2508
- Wikidata: [Q1077059](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077059)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5858](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5858)

## Names

- en: White-booted Racket-tail
- de: Flaggensylphe
- es: Colibrí de Raquetas
- fr: Haut-de-chausses à palettes
- nl: Ocreatus
- pl: Furczak

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1534), CO (806), VE (12)

## Summary

The white-booted racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae.  It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-booted_racket-tail

## Photo

![White-booted Racket-tail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-booted-racket-tail/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333319038

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-booted-racket-tail?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).