Cuban Emerald Hummingbird
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Cuban emerald hummingbird male ( Chlorostilbon ricordii ) |
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The Cuban Emerald Hummingbird ( Chlorostilbon ricordii ) is a species of bird in the hummingbird family . The species has a range that covers about 120,000 square kilometers. The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern .
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The Cuban Emerald Hummingbird reaches a body length of 9 to 10 cm. The upper bill is black, the lower bill orange to coral red. The upper side of the male glitters light green to golden green, which merges into bronze green on the flanks and belly. The throat is golden green to deep blue. The long forked tail is dark bronze-green, with the outer control feathers changing into a greenish black to black. The top of the female is grass-green to bronze-green in color. In contrast to the male, the underside is light gray to white, with the color merging laterally into green. Both sexes have a whitish point behind the eye.
Occurrence
Despite its name, it occurs not only on the Antilles island of Cuba , but also in the Bahamas . It lives in a wide variety of habitats, from sparse forests to gardens.
male
The male has a beak of medium length with a black upper jaw and a lighter drawn lower jaw with a black tip. The plumage is shiny green and has a shimmer of metallic blue. The under tail feathers are white, the tail end is forked deep.
female
The female is drawn similarly, but the lower plumage is brownish-gray with green flanks. The tail end is slightly less forked.
food
They feed on nectar and insects.
Etymology and history of research
Paul Gervais described the hummingbird under the name Ornismya Ricordii . He named Santiago de Cuba as the site . The word Chlorostilbon is made up of the Greek words "chlōros χλωρός " for "green" and "stilbōn στίλβων " for "shining". The Greeks gave Mercury the nickname Stilbōn , which is due to the verb "stilb" for "blink". "Ricordii" was dedicated to the collector of the type specimen Alexandre Ricord (1798–1876). Christophe Annedouche (1803–1866) provided an illustration of a male and a female for the description .
Cuban Emerald Hummingbird ♂ Lithograph by Christophe Annedouche
Cuban Emerald Hummingbird ♀ Lithograph by Christophe Annedouche
literature
- Sheri L. Williamson: A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America . Houghton Mifflin Company, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-618-02495-7, ( online [accessed July 23, 2014]).
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
- Paul Gervais: Oiseaux-mouche, Ornismya . In: Magasin de zoologie, Journal destiné a établir une coorespondance entre les zoologistes de tous les pays, et a leur faciliter les moyens de publier les espèces nouvelles ou peu connus qu'ils possèdent . tape 5 , Classe II, 1835, pp. 4 pages of text for plates 41,42 ( online [accessed on July 23, 2014]).
- Paul Gervais: Ornismya Ricordii . In: Magasin de zoologie, Journal destiné a établir une coorespondance entre les zoologistes de tous les pays, et a leur faciliter les moyens de publier les espèces nouvelles ou peu connus qu'ils possèdent . tape 5 , Classe II, 1835, pp. Plate 41 ( online [accessed July 23, 2014]).
- Paul Gervais: Ornismya Ricordii . In: Magasin de zoologie, Journal destiné a établir une coorespondance entre les zoologistes de tous les pays, et a leur faciliter les moyens de publier les espèces nouvelles ou peu connus qu'ils possèdent . tape 5 , Classe II, 1835, pp. Plate 42 ( online [accessed July 23, 2014]).
Web links
- Chlorostilbon ricordii inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Cuban Emerald ( Chlorostilbon ricordii ) . Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Cuban Emerald Hummingbird ( Chlorostilbon ricordii ) at Avibase; Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- Chlorostilbon ricordii in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- xeno-canto: Sound recordings - Cuban Emerald ( Chlorostilbon ricordii )
- Cuban Emerald Hummingbird (Chlorostilbon ricordii) in the Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved August 28, 2017.