Isabella snow pants

Isabella snow pants
Systematics
Class : Birds (aves) Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes) Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) Genre : Wool pants ( Eriocnemis ) Type : Isabella snow pants
Scientific name
Eriocnemis isabellae
Cortes-Diago , Ortega , Mazariegos-Hurtado & Weller , 2007

The gorgeted puffleg ( Eriocnemis isabellae ), also known as pinches panties Hummingbird referred to is a Colombian hummingbird from the kind of wool panties . It was only discovered in 2005 and described as a new species in 2007.

description

The Isabella snow pants reach a length of nine to ten centimeters. The English name Gorgeted Puffleg refers to a throat drawing (English: Gorge) of the male made of iridescent emerald green and bright blue feathers.

distribution and habitat

Distribution area of ​​the Isabella snow panther

The only habitat is the rainforest of the Serrania del Pinche . This mountain range is located in the south of Colombia in the vicinity of the municipality of Argelia , Department of Cauca .

status

Despite its recent discovery, the species is considered to be extremely threatened, as its natural habitat is being increasingly destroyed by slash and burn and illegal coca cultivation . BirdLife International classifies the species as Critically Endangered . Since the Serrania del Pinche Mountains are an unprotected area, protecting the bird's natural habitat is very difficult.

Etymology and history of research

Alexander Cortés-Diago, Luis Alfonso Ortega, Luis Mazariegos-Hurtado and André-Alexander Weller described the hummingbird under its current name Eriocnemis isabellae . The type specimen was collected in 2005 by Cortés-Diago and Ortega during a field study . »Eriocnemis« is derived from the Greek words »erion ἔριον « for »wool« and »knēmis κνημίς « for »cuff, leg splint «. The specific epithet »isabellae« was dedicated to Isabella Cortes, the daughter of Alexander Cortés-Diago.

literature

• James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 (English).
• Alexander Cortés-Diago, Luis Alfonso Ortega, Luis Mazariegos-Hurtado, André-Alexander Weller : A new species of Eriocnemis (Trochilidae) from southwest Colombia . In: Ornitologia Neotropical . tape 18 , no. 2 , 2007, p. 161–170 (English, online [PDF; 480 kB ; accessed on January 4, 2016]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexander Cortés-Diago et al. a., p. 161
2. ↑ ^{a b} Alexander Cortés-Diago u. a., p. 163
3. ↑ BirdLife Species Factsheet Gorgeted Puffleg
4. ↑ Stunning new hummingbird species needs immediate protection
5. ↑ Alexander Cortés-Diago et al. a., p. 162
6. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 148

Web links

• Description of the Isabella snow pants (English; PDF; 412 kB)
• Spiegel - Illegal coca cultivation threatens newly discovered hummingbird species
• New hummingbird species discovered in Colombia
• Eriocnemis isabellae onthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.1. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
• BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Gorgeted Puffleg ( Eriocnemis isabellae ) . Retrieved May 22, 2014.
• Videos, photos and sound recordings of Gorgeted Puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae) in the Internet Bird Collection
• Isabella snow pants ( Eriocnemis isabellae ) at Avibase; accessed on May 22, 2014.
• xeno-canto: sound recordings - Gorgeted Puffleg ( Eriocnemis isabellae )