Orange pink

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Orange pink
Orange pink (Passerina leclancherii)

Orange pink ( Passerina leclancherii )

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Superfamily : Passeroidea
Family : Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Genre : Passerina
Type : Orange pink
Scientific name
Passerina leclancherii
Lafresnaye , 1840

The orange pink ( Passerina leclancherii ) is a species of bird from the family of cardinals (Cardinalidae). This endemic species has a large range, but is restricted to Mexico . The IUCN does not consider the population to be endangered.

features

The orange hot pink reaches a body length of about 11.5 to 12.5 centimeters. The head and top of the male are cyan to turquoise blue, with the yellow-green crown clearly contrasting with it. The area between the beak and the eye (reins) and the dark circles are yellow. The yellow throat, as well as the rest of the underside, is only replaced by an orange-yellow color on the chest.

The head and top of the female are greenish, with yellow reins and dark circles. There is often a faded turquoise around the ears, while the upper tail-coverts appear dull turquoise. The wings and the tail are a bit darker and have matt turquoise-blue edges. The entire underside is yellow. The plumage of the male is much more colorful than that of the female, in which the plumage has more pastel tones.

Male immatures are, on average, slightly lighter than full-grown orange-baked ham, and the breast is more clearly orange in color. The female immatures are rather dull gray on the head and top. They are a little darker on the chest.

distribution and habitat

They move in dry to semi-arid thorn forests, scrubby deciduous forest areas and their edges as well as overgrown forest clearings at heights of up to 1200 meters.

behavior

They build their nests from plant materials both in bushes and in trees. A clutch usually consists of 2 to 5 eggs. They prefer to eat seeds with their powerful beak, but they also eat insects. They are often observed in pairs or smaller groups, where they prefer to move on or near the ground.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are described, which differ mainly in their size and range:

  • Passerina leclancherii leclancherii Lafresnaye, 1840 . The nominate form occurs on the Pacific slopes from southern Nayarit to western Chiapas . Further inland you can find it in the Sierra Madre del Sur at the outflow of the Río Balsas in the state of Guerrero to the west of Puebla .
  • Passerina leclancherii grandior Griscom , 1934. This subspecies, which occurs in the state of Oaxaca , is significantly larger than the nominate form. The wings in particular are significantly longer in both sexes.

Etymology and history of research

Image by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre: Orange pink

Frédéric de Lafresnaye described the bird under the current name Passerina (sub-gen. Spiza, Bonap.) Leclancherii . The type specimen came from Acapulco and was brought back from a trip on the ship La Vénus by the French doctor, naturalist and explorer Charles Réné Augustin Léclancher (1804–1857) . An illustration of the bird was made in 1841 in the Magasin de Zoologie ; the image came from the French artist Jean-Gabriel Pretre (1768-1849), the engraving made Christophe Annedouche (1803-1866) and the pressure was carried out by N. Rémond. The Vénus had been sent to the North Pacific to research the whale industry there and to expand French influence in the area. The research trip led across the Galápagos Islands to Hawaii , California and Mexico to the west coast of South America and lasted from 1836 to 1839.

The Latin word "passerina" stands for "sparrow-like". The specific epithet »leclancherii« is a tribute to the discoverer. The word "grandior" is Latin and means "greater".

literature

  • Steve NG Howell, Sophie Webb: A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995, pp. 688 f, ISBN 978-0-19-854012-0
  • Roger Tory Peterson, Edward L. Chalif: A Field Guide to Mexican Birds: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador. Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1999, pp. 240 f, ISBN 978-0-395-97514-5
  • Ernest Preston Edwards, Edward Murrell Butler: A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas: Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Third Edition: Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador , University of Texas Press, 1998, p. 174, ISBN 978-0-292-72091-6
  • Volker Dierschke: 1000 birds , Naumann & Göbel, p. 319, 2005, ISBN 978-3-625-10774-3
  • Barbara Mearns, Richard Mearns: The Bird Collectors . Academic Press Limited, London 1998, ISBN 0-12-487440-1 .
  • Christopher W. Thompson, Matthias Leu: Molts and plumages of orange-breasted buntings (Passerina leclancherii): implications for theories of delayed plumage maturation . In: The Auk . tape 112 , no. 1 , 1995, p. 1–19 (English, online [PDF; 1.5 MB ; accessed on December 17, 2013]).
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
  • Ludlow Griscom: The Ornithology of Guerrero, Mexico . In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . tape 75 , no. 10 , 1934, pp. 367-422 ( online [accessed December 16, 2013]).
  • Frédéric de Lafresnaye: Quelques observations sur l'ordre des Grimpeurs, Scansores . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 3 , 1840, p. 257-261 ( online [accessed December 16, 2013]).
  • Frédéric de Lafresnaye: G. Passerine. Passerina Vieillot, S.- G. Spiza. Bonaparte. P. (Spiza) de Leclancher. P. (spiza) Leclancherii. De Lafr. In: Magasin de zoologie, d'anatomie comparée et de palaeontologie . Volume Oiseaux, plate 22, 1841, p. 1–2 ( online [accessed December 16, 2013]).

Web links

Commons : Orangeblaufink ( Passerina leclancherii )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1840), p. 260
  2. ↑ Ludlow Griscom, p. 420
  3. ↑ Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1841), plate 22
  4. ↑ Barbara Mearns et al. a., p. 117
  5. ↑ James A. Jobling p. 294