Green hummingbird

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Green hummingbird
Green Hummingbird (Lepidopyga goudoti) (lithograph by Henry Constantine Richter after a drawing by John Gould, 1860)

Green Hummingbird ( Lepidopyga goudoti )
(lithograph by Henry Constantine Richter after a drawing by John Gould , 1860)

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Genre : Lepidopyga
Type : Green hummingbird
Scientific name
Lepidopyga goudoti
( Bourcier , 1843)

The Green Hummingbird ( Lepidopyga goudoti ), sometimes Goudotkolibri called, is a species of bird from the family of hummingbirds (Trochilidae). The species has a large range that includes the countries of Venezuela and Colombia . The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern .

features

The green hummingbird reaches a body length of approx. 9.1 cm with a body weight of only approx. 4 g, whereby the slightly curved beak is 1.8 cm long. The lower bill is predominantly pale pink. The top and bottom of the males shimmer green. The throat and chest are often tinted blue. The green under tail coverts are lined with white. They have a blue-black forked tail, with the central control feathers being bronze-green. They have white tufts on their legs, but these are not always visible. The upper side of the females glitter green. The feathers of the throat and breast are shiny green but have a gray-white base, which gives the plumage a scaly appearance. The belly is white, the tail like the males, but less forked.

behavior

They often behave in a very territorial manner and defend smaller areas with plants that promise little nectar yield. Here they move in the lower to middle strata . They spend a lot of time tracking down tiny insects and spiders that are on twigs, branches or under leaves. From time to time they hunt these little insects too. Occasionally you can see them gathering nectar together with their fellow species on large blooming trees. However, they are extremely argumentative. You can often see them on mimosas ( Mimosa ), which are relatively free. Here they slowly fly off the branches under the umbrella-like canopy of this plant genus.

Reproduction

Melbourne Armstrong Carriker observed breeding activity in July in the Departamento de Norte de Santander . Two nests were discovered in the Departamento del Huila between October and February . They build their cup-shaped nests from plants and cobwebs at heights between 1 and 1.5 meters.

Vocalizations

Your call sounds like a thin, waving twi-di , the second sound being a little higher. The song is somewhat reminiscent of that of the green-bellied amazilie ( Amazilia viridigaster ) ( Bourcier , 1843).

Subspecies

Distribution area (green) of the green hummingbird

There are four known subspecies:

  • Lepidopyga goudoti luminosa ( Lawrence , 1862) - This subspecies occurs in northern Colombia.
  • Lepidopyga goudoti goudoti ( Bourcier , 1843) - The nominate form occurs in the valley of the Río Magdalena in north-central Colombia.
  • Lepidopyga goudoti zuliae Cory , 1918 - The subspecies is distributed north and west of Lake Maracaibo in northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela.
  • Lepidopyga goudoti phaeochroa Todd , 1942 - The subspecies is distributed south and east of Lake Maracaibo in north-western Venezuela.

Etymology and history of research

Jules Bourcier described the green hummingbird under the name Trochilus Goudoti . He gave Ibagué as the place of discovery in what was then the viceroyalty of New Granada . The type specimen was collected by Justin Marie Goudot . It was not until 1855 that Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach assigned the hummingbird to the newly introduced genus Lepidopyga . This name is a Greek word composed of "lepis λεπις " for "scale" and "pygē πυγή " for "rump, rump, buttocks". The specific epithet is dedicated to its discoverer. »Luminosa« comes from the Latin »luminosus, lumen, luminis« for »splendid, radiant, light«. "Zuliae" refers to the Venezuelan state of Zulia. "Phaeochroa" is made up of the Greek words "phaios φαιος " for "dark, brown" and "chroa χροα " for "paint, appearance, character".

literature

  • Steven Leon Hilty, John A. Gwynne, Guy Tudor : Birds of Venezuela . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2002, ISBN 0-691-09250-8 ( books.google.de ).
  • Steven Leon Hilty, William Leroy Brown: A guide to the birds of Colombia . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1986, ISBN 978-0-691-08372-8 ( books.google.de ).
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
  • Jules Bourcier: Oiseaux-mouches nouveaux . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 6 , 1843, pp. 99-104 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • George Newbold Lawrence: Descriptions of Six New Species of Birds, of the Families Charadriidae, Trochilidae, and Caprimulgidae . In: Annals of Lyceum of Natural History of New York . tape 7 , no. 39 , 1862, p. 455-460 ( online [accessed January 6, 2015]).
  • Walter Edmond Clyde Todd: List of the Hummingbirds in the Collection of the Carnegie Museum . In: Annals of the Carnegie Museum . tape 29 , no. 12 , 1942, pp. 271-370 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Charles Barney Cory: Catalog of the Birds of Americas . In: Field Museum Natural History Publications (=  Zoological Series ). tape 13 , no. 197 , 1918 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach: Trochilinarum enumeratio: ex affinitate naturali reciproca primum ducta provisoria . Friedericum Hofmeister, Leipzig 1855 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Alden Holmes Miller: The tropical avifauna of the upper Magdalena valley . In: The Auk . tape 64 , no. 3 , 1947, pp. 351–381 (English, sora.unm.edu [PDF; 2.1 MB ]).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Steven Leon Hilty u. a. (2002), p. 413.
  2. ↑ a b Steven Leon Hilty u. a. (1986), p. 268.
  3. ↑ Alden Holmes Miller, p. 362.
  4. ^ IOC World Bird List Hummingbirds
  5. ↑ George Newbold Lawrence, p. 458.
  6. ↑ a b c Jules Bourcier, p. 100.
  7. ^ Charles Barney Cory, p. 182.
  8. ^ Walter Edmond Clyde Todd, p. 308.
  9. ↑ Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, p. 7.
  10. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 221.
  11. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 232.
  12. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 300.