Gold ribbon kotinga
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Goldbandkotinga (male) |
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The golden bandkotinga ( Pipreola riefferii ), sometimes also called green-backed ornamental bird, is a species of bird from the family of ornamental birds (Cotingidae). The species has a large range that includes the South American countries Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador and Peru . The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern .
features
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The Goldbandkotinga reaches a body length of about 18 to 18.5 centimeters. The beak and legs are reddish orange. The entire head, throat and chest are colored black in the male. The throat and neck have a thin yellow streak. The top is light moss green. There are white speckles on the umbrella spring. The underside is predominantly green with more or less green spots and stripes. The female is similar but has a green head. In addition, the yellow frame on the Kehllatz is missing. In the back of the underside there are clear green speckles and stripes.
behavior
The bird usually crouches quietly and inconspicuously in pairs or smaller groups of three to six conspecifics in the branches. If the conspecifics move away, it often follows them hopping through vegetation close to the ground up to the middle shrub layers . He prefers to pick fruits, which he eats both sitting and hovering.
distribution and habitat
The Goldbandkotinga is usually found at altitudes between 1700 and 2900 meters. The exception is the Cerro Mongus in the province of Carchi in northeast Ecuador where the bird has been observed at an altitude of 3300 meters. It occurs in the temperate and subtropical zones on both slopes of the Andes .
Subspecies
So far, six subspecies are known, which differ mainly in their color.
- Pipreola riefferii melanolaema P. L. Sclater , 1856 - occurs in the mountains of the north and north-west of Venezuela in the south of the state of Lara , southern and central Táchira and Aragua , east to Miranda .
- Pipreola riefferii riefferii ( Boissonneau , 1840) - Perijá National Park on the border of Colombia and Venezuela, western Venezuela in the western part of Táchira, eastern & central Andes of Colombia.
- Pipreola riefferii occidentalis ( Chapman , 1914) - Western Andes of Colombia and on the western slopes of Ecuador.
- Pipreola riefferii confusa J. T. Zimmer , 1936 - East of Ecuador and extreme north of Peru in the west of the Amazon region .
- Pipreola riefferii chachapoyas ( Hellmayr , 1915) - Northern Peru east of the Marañón River in the Amazonas and San Martín regions .
- Pipreola riefferii tallmanorum O'Neill & Parker , 1981 - Cordillera de Carpish in the Departamento de Huánuco in central Peru.
Naming
In the 1830s and 1840s, the Dutchman Riéffer traveled through Colombia. Presumably in 1838 or 1839 he sent bird hides to Europe. The delivery was known to Auguste Boissonneau, Frédéric de Lafresnaye , Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet Des Murs and Jules Bourcier . You described many of the bellows in the magazines 'Revue Zoologique' and 'Revue et Magazin'. More of Riéffer's bellows went to Coenraad Jacob Temminck . It was precisely this Temminck who advised Boissonneau to name the parrot tangars ( Chlorornis riefferii ) after Riéffer. Boissonneau followed the advice and also named the Goldbandkotinga under the name Ampelis riefferii . Only later was the bird classified under the genus Pipreola .
literature
- Thomas Schulenberg , Douglas F. Stotz , Daniel F. Lane: Birds of Peru. Princeton University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-691-04915-1 , p. 490.
- Robert S. Ridgely , Paul J. Greenfield: Birds of Ecuador Field Guide. Volume 1, Cornell University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8014-8720-0 , pp. 629.
- Robert S. Ridgely, Paul J. Greenfield: Birds of Ecuador Field Guide. Volume 2, Cornell University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8014-8721-7 , pp. 543f.
- Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, William H. Phelps , Guy Tudor: A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela. Princeton University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-691-08205-9 , p. 154.
- Steven L. Hilty , William L. Brown: A Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Princeton University Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-691-08372-8 , p. 442.
- Edward S. Gruson: Words For Birds: A Lexicon Of North American Birds with Biographical Notes. Quadrangle Books, 1972, p. 161.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pipreola riefferii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.3. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ Cornell University Library The distribution of bird-life in Colombia; a contribution to a biological survey of South America (Engl.)
- ↑ Muséum national d'histoire naturelle List of types d'oiseaux des collections du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ( Memento of the original dated June 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French; PDF file; 656 kB)
- ^ Oiseaux nouveaux ou peu connus de Santa-Fé de Bogota Original article in Revue zoologique par la Société cuviérienne (French)
