Wool panties
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The woolen panties , also known as panty hummingbirds or snow pants , are small hummingbirds of the genera Eriocnemis and Haplophaedia , which are native to the Andean regions of Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , Venezuela and Argentina . Their habitat are tropical and subtropical mountain and cloud forests as well as grasslands at altitudes of 1500 to 4500 m above sea level. The males of the genus Eriocnemis have colorful, iridescent plumage. Their most noticeable feature are dense, white, dense tufts of feathers on the legs, which give the impression of woolen panties. In one type - the black panties - the feather panties are black. Other common features of all Eriocnemis species are the golden-green dorsal feathers and the forked tail.
In 1918, Eugène Simon created the genus Haplophaedia and classified the copper-luster hummingbird in the new genus. In Haplophaedia , the feather pants are more inconspicuous and the plumage is duller than in Eriocnemis .
status
The black-bellied panty hummingbird , Isabella snow pant and the blue-bellied panty hummingbird are critically endangered. The turquoise-throated hummingbird is believed to be extinct. The black panties and the gold-belly wool panties are on the verge of threat due to habitat loss. The other species are not endangered.
Genera
Eriocnemis Reichenbach, 1849
Twelve species belong to this genus, of which the Isabella snow pant was only discovered in 2005.
- White-breasted hummingbird ( Eriocnemis alinae )
- Copper-bellied hummingbird ( Eriocnemis cupreoventris )
- Black panties ( Eriocnemis derbyi )
- Blue-fronted hummingbird ( Eriocnemis glaucopoides )
- Turquoise-throated hummingbird ( Eriocnemis godini )
- Isabella snow pants ( Eriocnemis isabellae )
- Long-tailed hummingbird ( Eriocnemis luciani )
- Blue-bellied hummingbird ( Eriocnemis mirabilis )
- Golden breasted hummingbird ( Eriocnemis mosquera )
- Black-bellied hummingbird ( Eriocnemis nigrivestis )
- Copper-necked hummingbird ( Eriocnemis sapphiropygia )
- Violet-throated Hummingbird ( Eriocnemis vestitus )
In the past, the controversial species Eriocnecmis söderströmi and Eriocnemis isaacsoni were also classified in this genus. Both species are only known from a single specimen. In E. söderströmi it might be to the female of either E. godini or a hybrid of E. luciani and E. nigrivestris act. Today these two species are apparently considered invalid and no longer appear in the official taxonomic lists.
Haplophaedia Simon, 1918
These include the following three types:
- Scale-bellied hummingbird ( Haplophaedia lugens )
- Whale-legged hummingbird ( Haplophaedia assimilis )
- Shiny copper hummingbird ( Haplophaedia aureliae )
literature
- Eugène Louis Simon: Notice sur les Travaux Scientifiques . Imprimerie et Lithographie M. Villain et M. Bar, Paris 1918.
- Karl-L. Schuchmann, André-A. Weller, Iris Heynen: Systematics and biogeography of the Andean genus Eriocnemis (Aves: Trochilidae). In: Journal of Ornithology. 142, p. 433, doi : 10.1046 / j.1439-0361.2001.01025.x .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eugène Louis Simon, p. 39.