Blue-fronted panty hummingbird

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Blue-fronted panty hummingbird
Eriocnemis glaucopoides, painted by John Gould

Eriocnemis glaucopoides , painted by John Gould

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Genre : Wool pants ( Eriocnemis )
Type : Blue-fronted panty hummingbird
Scientific name
Eriocnemis glaucopoides
( d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye , 1838)

The blue-fronted hummingbird ( Eriocnemis glaucopoides ) or sometimes blue-capped snow pants is a species of bird from the hummingbird family (Trochilidae). The species has a large range that includes the South American countries Argentina and Bolivia . The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern .

features

The blue-fronted hummingbird reaches a body length of about 9.5 to 11 cm. The beak becomes about 16 mm long. The fork-shaped tail reaches a length of approx. 4.5 cm. The male has a bright, light blue forehead crown. Almost all of the rest of its plumage is glossy black-green. There are white puffs on the legs. The area around the cloaca is bluish purple. The top and leg bulbs of the female are the same as those of the male. The underside is glossy cinnamon to yellow-brown. There are clear green speckles on the sides and in the area around the cesspool.

distribution and habitat

These hummingbirds mainly move in dense bushes and in the lower stratification layers of forest edges. They live on the edge of cloud forests or forests with deciduous vegetation of mountain gorges. Here you can find them at altitudes between 1500 and 2900 m. They are present on the damp slopes above the city of Cochabamba and in the yungas and valleys of the department of Cochabamba in Bolivia. From there, it is found in the province of Tucumán in northwest Argentina.

Subspecies

Distribution area of ​​the blue-fronted panty hummingbird

At the moment there are no known subspecies of the blue-fronted hummingbird. He is considered monotypical . Trochilus d'obrignyi Bourcier & Mulsant , 1846 is now considered a synonym.

Etymology and history of research

When it was first described in the Magasin de Zoologie , d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye used the name Ornismya glaucopoides . Only later was the species added to the genus Eriocnemis . This name is derived from the Greek words »erion ἔριον « for »wool« and »knēmis κνημίς « for »cuff, leg splint «. John Gould used the common name D'Orbigny's Puff-leg and the synonym Eriocnemis dorbignyi in his work A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds . The specific epithet »glaucopoides« is a Greek structure from »glaukos γλαυκος « for »blue-gray, dull green to gray-blue« and »-oidēs -οιδης « for »similar, equal«.

literature

  • Jon Fjeldså , Niels Krabbe : Birds of the High Andes: A Manual to the Birds of the Temperate Zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1990, ISBN 978-87-88757-16-3 .
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
  • Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny, Frédéric de Lafresnaye: Synopsis avium . In: Magasin de zoologie . tape 8 , Classe II, 1838, pp. 1-34 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • John Gould: A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds . tape 4 , delivery 23. Taylor and Francis, London 1861 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Jules Bourcier, Étienne Mulsant: Description of vingt espèces nouvelles d'oiseaux-mouches . In: Annales des sciences physiques et naturelles, d'agriculture et d'industrie . tape 9 , 1846, pp. 312-332 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

Web links

Commons : Blue-fronted Hummingbird  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IOC World Bird List Hummingbirds
  2. ↑ IJules Bourcier u. a., 320-321.
  3. ↑ Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny u. a., p. 27
  4. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 148
  5. ↑ John Gould, plate 278 & associated text, volume 4. The plate was part of delivery 23 from 1861.
  6. ↑ James A. Jobling p. 174