Ocreatus underwoodii
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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. The white-booted racket-tail, as defined by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy, has five subspecies. They both include two more species in genus Ocreatus, the Peruvian racket-tail (O. peruanus) and the Rufous-booted racket-tail (O. addae). However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) assigns the name "booted racket-tail" to O. underwoodii and includes those two taxa as subspecies of it. HBW also includes an eighth subspecies, O. u. annae. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (SACC) follows the eight-subspecies model but has requested a proposal to elevate puruanus, addae, and annae to species status.
The five subspecies recognized by the IOC are: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-booted Racket-tail sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 225 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 179th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and December–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-booted Racket-tail in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and June–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-booted Racket-tail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate White-booted Racket-tail sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the White-booted Racket-tail that you can see in Los Nevados National Natural Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Shining Sunbeam (about 40%), Great Sapphirewing (about 40%) and Golden-breasted Puffleg (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-booted Racket-tail is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (225 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
