Blue-shouldered Andean hummingbird
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The blue-shouldered Andean hummingbird ( Coeligena prunellei ) or sometimes also the black musketeer is a species of bird from the hummingbird family (Trochilidae). This monotypical species is endemic to Colombia . The stock is on the IUCN as endangered ( Vulnerable estimated).
features
The blue-shouldered Andean hummingbird reaches a body length of about 10.9 centimeters, with the long, slender beak about 30 millimeters long. Its plumage is mainly black with a white patch on each side of the chest. The shoulders glitter blue. He has a shiny greenish bruise on his throat. The under tail coverts are lined with white. The black tail is forked, the legs are pink-reddish in color.
behavior
The blue-shouldered Andean hummingbirds normally fly to various sources of nectar in rapid succession, regularly visiting these forage plants (trap-lining). If a competitor such as B. the green-fronted lancet beak ( Doryfera ludovicae ) the flowers of the plant Psammisia falcata , which is an important food source of the blue-shouldered Andean hummingbirds, they show a territorial behavior and chase after him. They move in the middle and lower strata . Here they prefer hanging flowers with long corollas from climbing plants.
Habitat
Their natural habitat is moist mountain forests at altitudes between 1400 and 2600 meters.
Distribution area
The blue-shouldered Andean hummingbird occurs in north-central Colombia . Here it can be found on the western slopes of the Central Andes in the Departamento de Quindío . It also occurs in the east in the southeast of the Departamento de Santander , in the west of the Departamento de Boyacá and in the west of the Departamento de Cundinamarca .
Vocalizations
As the birds fly towards different flowers one after the other, they occasionally utter a monosyllabic "ick".
Etymology and history of research
Jules Bourcier described the blue-shouldered Andean hummingbird under the name Trochilus Prunellei . The type specimen came from the area around Facatativá . Later it was assigned to the genus Coeligena . This word is derived from the Latin words "coelum or caelum" for "heaven" and "genus" for "descendant". The art is dedicated to Clément François Victor Gabriel Prunelle (1774–1853).
Web links
- Coeligena prunellei inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Coeligena prunellei . Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Black Inca (Coeligena prunellei) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Blue- shouldered Andean hummingbird ( Coeligena prunellei ) at Avibase; accessed on March 28, 2014.
- Coeligena prunellei in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- xeno-canto: sound recordings - Black Inca ( Coeligena prunellei )
literature
- Steven Leon Hilty , William Leroy Brown : A guide to the birds of Colombia . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1986, ISBN 0-691-09250-8 .
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
- David William Snow , Barbara Kathleen Snow: Relationships between hummingbirds and flowers in the Andes of Colombia . In: Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History . tape 38 , no. 2 , 1980, p. 105–139 ( online [PDF; 13.8 MB ; accessed on March 30, 2014]).
- Jules Bourcier: Oiseaux-mouches nouveaux ou mal connus . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 5 , 1843, p. 70-73 ( online [accessed March 30, 2014]).
- Roberto Chavarro Chávarro: Ilustraciones y fotografías de aves: Coeligena prunellei , Inca Negro - Black Inca (Príncipe de Arcabuco) . In: Boletín SAO . tape 15 , no. 2 , 2005, p. 118–122 ( online [PDF; 276 kB ; accessed on March 30, 2014]).