Golden breasted hummingbird
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The golden breasted hummingbird ( Eriocnemis mosquera ) or sometimes also golden breasted snow pants is a species of bird from the hummingbird family (Trochilidae). The species has a large range that covers about 36,000 square kilometers in the South American countries of Colombia and Ecuador . The IUCN assesses the population as “not at risk” ( least concern ).
features
The golden breasted hummingbird reaches a body length of about 13.4 centimeters. The straight beak becomes about 20 millimeters long. The top is bright green. The lower part shimmers glittering green and becomes copper green in the areas to the sides of the neck, chest and abdomen. The color of the underside of the forked tail is dull brown in the male and shiny green in the female. The top of the tail is black and green in both. There are white puffs on the feet.
Habitat
The hummingbird is often seen in the Puracé National Park . You can see him in crippled mountain forests and bushy clearings. The bird prefers crooked wood and scruffy areas near the tree line . Depending on the season, the golden breasted hummingbird also moves on. This type of woolen panties moves at altitudes between 1200 and 3600 meters.
behavior
The hummingbird can usually be spotted on low flowers around dry bushes. He is aggressive and often defends his territory like an arrow projectile. When landing, he likes to click his wings.
Subspecies
At the moment no subspecies of the golden breasted hummingbird are known. It is considered monotypical .
Etymology and history of research
The golden breasted hummingbird was first discovered in Pasto in the viceroyalty of New Granada . Adolphe Delattre and Jules Bourcier described the species under the name Trochilus Mosquera . It was later assigned to the genus Eriocnemis . This name is derived from the Greek words »erion ἔριον « for »wool« and »knēmis κνημίς « for »cuff, leg splint «. The name "mosquera" is dedicated to Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera (1798–1878), a general of the viceroyalty of New Granada and protector of natural history.
literature
- Steven Leon Hilty , William Leroy Brown : A guide to the birds of Colombia . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1986, ISBN 978-0-691-08372-8 ( online [accessed May 8, 2013]).
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
- 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 ( online [accessed May 8, 2014]).
Web links
- Eriocnemis mosquera inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Golden-breasted Puffleg ( Eriocnemis mosquera ) . Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Golden-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis mosquera) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Golden breasted hummingbird ( Eriocnemis mosquera ) at Avibase; Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- Eriocnemis mosquera in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- xeno-canto: Sound recordings - Golden-breasted Puffleg ( Eriocnemis mosquera )