Long-tailed panty hummingbird

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Long-tailed panty hummingbird
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Long-tailed hummingbird ( Eriocnemis luciani )

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Genre : Wool pants ( Eriocnemis )
Type : Long-tailed panty hummingbird
Scientific name
Eriocnemis luciani
( Bourcier , 1847)

The long-tailed hummingbird ( Eriocnemis luciani ), also known as the blue-fronted snow pants , is a species of hummingbird belonging to the genus of woolen pants .

description

The long-tailed hummingbird with panties reaches a length of 11.4 centimeters. The straight beak is 20 mm long. The plumage is almost entirely dark, bright green, but more glittering and golden green on the underside. The forehead is shiny blue. The under tail-coverts are glossy purple. The feather pants are white. The 56 mm long forked tail is blue-black.

distribution

The long-tailed panty hummingbird is found in Venezuela , southern Colombia , Ecuador, and northwestern Peru .

Habitat and way of life

The long-tailed hummingbird lives in open, steppe-like grass slopes at altitudes between 2800 and 4800 m. It feeds on the nectar of small flowers.

Subspecies

Distribution area of ​​the long-tailed hummingbird

So far four subspecies have been recognized:

  • Eriocnemis luciani meridae Schuchmann , Weller & Heynen , 2001 - The range of this subspecies is limited to the state of Mérida in northwestern Venezuela.
  • Eriocnemis luciani luciani ( Bourcier , 1847) - The nominate form occurs in southwest Colombia and northern Ecuador.
  • Eriocnemis luciani baptistae Schuchmann , Weller & Heynen , 2001 - This subspecies is common in the central and southern part of Ecuador.
  • Eriocnemis luciani catharina Salvin , 1897 - This subspecies is present in northern Peru.
  • Eriocnemis luciani sapphiropygia Taczanowski , 1874 - This subspecies occurs in central and southern Peru.

Etymology and history of research

Jules Bourcier described the long-tailed hummingbird under the name Trochilus luciani . The type specimen was collected by Adolphe Delattre (1805-1854) in the Municipio Guaca in the Departamento de Santander . 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 specific epithet was dedicated to the French entomologist Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet (1807-1889). "Baptistae" was awarded in honor of the ornithologist Luis Felipe Baptista (1941–2000), who had recently died . »Meridae« stands for the distribution area of ​​the subspecies, the Venezuelan state of Mérida. "Sapphiropygia" is made up of the Greek words "sappheiros, σάπφειρος " for "sapphire, lapis lazuli " and "-pugios, puge πυγή " for "-brumped, rump". It is not clear from his description to whom Salvin dedicated "catharina", but it could be that he dedicated the name to Catherine Edith Godman (1896–1982), the daughter of his friend Frederick DuCane Godman .

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 30, 2014]).
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
  • Jules Bourcier: Description of the trois nouvelles espèces d'Osiseau-Mouches . In: Annales des sciences physiques et naturelles, d'agriculture et d'industrie . tape 10 , 1847, p. 623-624 ( online [accessed May 30, 2014]).
  • Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann , André-Alexander Weller , Iris Heynen: Systematics and biogeography of the Andean genus Eriocnemis (Aves: Trochilidae) . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 142 , no. 4 , 2001, p. 433-481 , doi : 10.1007 / BF01651342 .
  • Osbert Salvin: Mr. Salvin Osbert sent the following descriptions of two new species of Humming-Birds, specimens of which had been obtained by Mr. OT Baron during his recent expedition to Peru . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 6 , no. 52 , 1897, pp. 30–31 ( online [accessed May 30, 2014]).
  • Władysław Taczanowski: Description des Oiseaux nouveaux du Pérou central . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1874 . 1874, p. 129-140 ( online [accessed May 30, 2014]).
  • Paolo Ramoni-Perazzi, Karl-Ludwig Schuch man, André Alexander Weller, Irma Alejandra Soto Werschitz, Marcelo Passamani: Niches and radiations: a case study on the Andean sapphire-vented puffleg Eriocnemis luciani and coppery-naped puffleg E. sapphiropygia (Aves , Trochilidae) . In: Journal of avian biology . tape 51 , no. 1 , November 12, 2019, doi : 10.1111 / jav.02242 .

Web links

Commons : Long-tailed hummingbird ( Eriocnemis luciani )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Steven Leon Hilty u. a., p. 288
  2. ^ IOC World Bird List Hummingbirds
  3. ↑ Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann u. a., p. 356
  4. ↑ a b c Jules Bourcier, p. 624
  5. ↑ Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann u. a., p. 454
  6. ↑ a b Osbert Salvin, p. 30
  7. ^ Władysław Taczanowski, p. 139
  8. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 148
  9. ↑ Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann u. a., p. 433
  10. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 347