Cinnamon Red Shadow Hummingbird

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Cinnamon Red Shadow Hummingbird
Phaethornis pretrei

Phaethornis pretrei

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Subfamily : Hermits (Phaethornithinae)
Genre : Shadow hummingbirds ( Phaethornis )
Type : Cinnamon Red Shadow Hummingbird
Scientific name
Phaethornis pretrei
( Lesson & Delattre , 1839)

The cinnamon-red shadow hummingbird ( Phaethornis pretrei ), sometimes also called Planaltoeremite , is a species of bird from the hummingbird family (Trochilidae). The species has a large range that covers about 3,100,000 square kilometers in the South American states of Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil, and Paraguay . The IUCN classifies the population as “not at risk” ( least concern ).

features

The cinnamon-red shadow hummingbird reaches a body length of about 14.5 to 15.5 centimeters. The long, slightly curved beak is about 31 millimeters long. The fox red rear part contrasts with the green back. The lower part is yellowish brown. In addition, the hummingbird has white spotted rudder springs .

Habitat

Distribution of the cinnamon shadow hummingbird

The bird prefers to move in the undergrowth and on the edges of dry woodland in open areas. The cinnamon-red shadow hummingbird sometimes occurs in areas close to humans. In Peru you can find it in the valleys of the Huallaga and the Mayo rivers at heights between 200 and 600 meters.

Brood

The bird builds a new nest with each new brood. This is always near the old one. Sometimes the new nest is built over the old one. The cinnamon-red shadow hummingbird builds its extensive arched nest from moss, fibers and cobwebs. The brood usually consists of two young.

Subspecies

At the moment, no subspecies of the Cinnamon Shadow Hummingbird are known. The species is considered to be monotypical .

Etymology and history of research

Adolphe Delattre and René Primevère Lesson described the cinnamon-red shadow hummingbird under the name Trochilus Pretrei . The type specimen was collected by Delattre in Minas Gerais . Only later was the species assigned to the genus Phaethornis .

The term “Phaethornis” is derived from the Greek words “phaethōn Φαέθων ” for “the shining one, the shining one” and “órnis όρνις ” for “bird”. The name »pretrei« is dedicated to the natural history painter Jean-Gabriel Prêtre , who illustrated many books for Lesson.

literature

  • Thomas Schulenberg , Douglas F. Stotz , Daniel F. Lane: Birds of Peru. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2007, ISBN 978-0691049151 , p. 212.
  • Dante Buzzetti, Silvestre Silva: Berços da vida. Ninhos de aves brasileiras. Editora Terciro Nome, São Paulo 2005, p. 113.
  • Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 1999, ISBN 978-8487334252 ( Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 5).
  • Adolphe Delattre , René Primevère Lesson: Oiseaux-mouches nouveaux ou très-rares, découverts par M. De Lattre dans son voyage en Amérique et décrits . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 2 , 1839, p. 13-20 ( online [accessed March 14, 2014]).
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .

Web links

Commons : Cinnamon hummingbird ( Phaethornis pretrei )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IOC World Bird List Hummingbirds
  2. ↑ Adolphe Delattre et al. a., p. 20
  3. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 301