Edward Amazonia

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Edward Amazonia
Edward Amazonia

Edward Amazonia

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Genre : Amazilia hummingbirds ( Amazilia )
Type : Edward Amazonia
Scientific name
Amazilia edward
( Delattre & Bourcier , 1846)

The Edward Amazonia ( Amazilia edward ) is a species of bird from the hummingbird family (Trochilidae). The species has a large range that covers about 43,000 square kilometers in the Central American countries of Costa Rica and Panama . The IUCN classifies the population as “not at risk” ( least concern ).

features

The Edwardamazilie reaches a body length of about nine centimeters. The black beak with a pale pink lower jaw becomes 18 to 19 millimeters long. Both sexes are very similar. The top is of a metal green color, which merges into the copper bronze down to the tail. The neck and chest glitter green, in sharp contrast to the white of the belly.

Habitat

The bird is relatively common in open forests, clearings and gardens on the plains. In the province of Chiriquí it also moves at altitudes above 1800 meters. In the province of Colón it occurs near the Panama Canal . The distribution area extends from the southwest of Costa Rica to the east of Panama.

Subspecies

Distribution area of ​​the Edward Amazilie

So far, four subspecies are known:

  • Amazilia edward collata ( Wetmore , 1952)
  • Amazilia edward edward ( Delattre & Bourcier , 1846)
  • Amazilia edward margaritarum ( Griscom , 1927)
  • Amazilia edward niveoventer ( Gould , 1851)

The taxon Amazilia edward ludibunda ( Wetmore , 1952) is generally considered invalid.

The subspecies niveoventer is widespread from the southwest of Costa Rica to western and central Panama, also in the Coiba National Park . The subspecies edward occurs in the zone around the Panama Canal to the west of Darien . The subspecies collata is native to central Panama . The subspecies margaritarum can be found in the northern part of the Gulf of Panama , on the Pearl Islands , the islands of Urabá , Taboga and Taboguilla as well as from the east of Panama to the southwest of Darien .

Etymology and history of research

Adolphe Delattre and Jules Bourcier described the Edwardian Amazon under the name Trochilus Edward . The type specimen was collected by Delattre on his travels through Peru, Ecuador and the viceroyalty of New Granada on the Isthmus of Panama . Only later was the species assigned to the genus Amazilia . This word comes from a novella by Jean-François Marmontel , who reported in Les Incas, Ou La Destruction De L'empire Du Pérou, of an Inca heroine named Amazili. The species name is dedicated to Edward Wilson (1808-1880), who lived in Lydstep Castle near Tenby at the time of the first description . He was a brother of Thomas Bellerby Wilson (1807-1865), who bought Delattre's bird collection a year later. The word "collata" comes from the Latin word "collum" for "neck, neck". The Latin word »margaritarum« stands for »mother of pearl«. »Niveoventer« is a Latin word structure made up of the words »niveus« for »snow white« and »venter« for »belly«.

literature

  • Robert S. Ridgely , John A. Gwynne: A Guide to the Birds of Panama. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1992, ISBN 0-691-02512-6 , p. 216.
  • Adolphe Delattre , Jules Bourcier : Description de quinze espèce nouvelle de Trochilidèe, faisant partie de collections rapportées par M. Ad. De Lattre dont le précédentes excursions ont déjà enrichi plusieurs branches de L'histoire naturelle, et provenant de L'intérieur de Pérou, de républiques de l'Équateur, de la Nouvelle-Grenade et del'isthme de Panama . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 9 , 1846, pp. 305-312 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed February 18, 2014]).
  • Alexander Wetmore: The birds of the islands of Taboga, Taboguilla and Uravá, Panamá . In: Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . tape 121 , no. 2 , 1952, pp. 1–32 (+ 3 plates) ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed on February 18, 2014]).
  • Ludlow Griscom: An ornithological reconnaissance in eastern Panama in 1927 . In: American Museum novitates . No. 282 , 1927, pp. 1–10 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 1.1 MB ; accessed on February 18, 2014]).
  • John Gould: On six new species of Humming Birds . In: Museum novitates . tape 18 , no. 211 , 1850, pp. 162-164 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed February 18, 2014]).
  • René Primevère Lesson , Prosper Garnot: Voyage autour du monde exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, sous le ministère et conformément aux instructions de SEM Marquis de Clermont- Tonnerre, ministre de la marine; et publié sou les auspices de son excellence Mgr le Cte ​​de Chabrol, ministre de la Marine et des colonies, par ML Dupppery, capitaine de frégate. chevalier de Saint-Louis et membre de la legion d'honaire, commandant de l'expédition . tape 1 : Zoology , No. 2 . Arthus-Bertrand, Paris 1828 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed February 20, 2014]).
  • Frédéric de Lafresnaye: Quelques oiseaux nouveaux ou rares rapportés par M. Delatre, de Bolivie, de la Nouvelle-Grenade, et de Panama, par M. de Lafresnaye . In: Revue zoologique par la Société cuviérienne . tape 10 , 1847, p. 67-79 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed February 20, 2014]).
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .

Web links

Commons : Edwardamazilie ( Amazilia edward )  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IOC World Bird List Hummingbirds
  2. ↑ Alexander Wetmore, p. 16.
  3. ↑ a b c Adolphe Delattre u. a., p. 308.
  4. ↑ Ludlow Griscom, p. 4.
  5. ^ John Gould, p. 164.
  6. ↑ Adolphe Delattre, p. 305.
  7. ↑ René Primevère Lesson, p. 683.
  8. ↑ Frédéric de Lafresnaye, p. 67.
  9. ↑ James A. Jobling p. 113.
  10. ↑ James A. Jobling p. 241.
  11. ↑ James A. Jobling p. 273.