Red-flanked Andean hummingbird

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Red-flanked Andean hummingbird
Oreotrochilus adela painted by John Gould

Oreotrochilus adela painted by John Gould

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Genre : Mountain Nymphs ( Oreotrochilus )
Type : Red-flanked Andean hummingbird
Scientific name
Oreotrochilus adela
( d'Orbigny , 1839)

The Red Flank Andean Hummingbird ( Oreotrochilus adela ) or sometimes Adela’s Hummingbird is a species of bird from the hummingbird family (Trochilidae). The species has a large range that includes the South American countries Argentina and Bolivia . The IUCN assesses the population as Near Threatened .

features

The Red Flank Andean Hummingbird reaches a body length of about 12 centimeters. The slightly curved beak is about 25 millimeters long. The tail is wedge-shaped. The top of the male is gray-brown with a faint bronze tint, giving it a scaly appearance. The throat glitters in an intense green. The underside is chestnut colored with a strong black in the central areas. The blue-black tail shows chestnut-colored areas at the inner control feathers. The female has a white throat with dark colored speckles and green round spots. The underside is reddish brown and becomes paler in the central area. The tail feathers are dark with white flecks. The base feathers of the tail are red-brown. The central control springs are blue-black.

distribution and habitat

distribution

These hummingbirds predominantly move in semi-arid Polylepis forest areas. They are also often seen in ravines with thicker bushes like Barnadesia . If there are enough columnar cacti and bushes, they can also be found in typical Dodonea heath lands. They can be found at altitudes between 2600 and 4000 meters. The distribution area extends in Bolivia from the southern part of the La Paz department via Cochabamba and Potosí to Chuquisaca . It is very rare to see them in northwest Argentina ( Departamento Yavi ). It is believed that these could be migrants.

behavior

The birds feed u. a. from the nectar of the flowers of Barnadesia , from the mint and columnar cacti. Every now and then they clear the field of the Estella Andean Hummingbird ( Oreotrochilus estella ). During the mating season, the male sits on exposed branches, chirps melodiously and puffs up. When a female approaches, she also flaps her wings.

Etymology and history of research

The first description of the Red Flank Andean Hummingbird was in 1839 by Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny under the scientific name Trochilus adela . The type specimen came from the Department of Chuquisaca . In 1847 John Gould introduced the new genus Oreotrochilus . The name is derived from the Greek words "oros ὄρος " for "mountain" and "trochilus τρόχιλος " for "hummingbird". The term »Trochilus«, which Carl von Linné used for a new genre in 1758, is historically somewhat problematic. This term was already used by Aristotle for a bird that visits the mouth of a crocodile without being injured or even eaten by it. Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire suspected that Aristotle used it to describe the crocodile guardian ( Pluvianus aegyptius ). The species name »adela« is derived from the Greek »adēlos μελας, αδηλος « for »obscure, dark, foggy «.

Charles Barney Cory used the common name Adela's Hill Star . This would suggest a dedication name for a woman. This trivial name is probably due to a typo by John Gould , who used the scientific name Oreotrochilus adelae for the hummingbird in his work Family of Hummingbirds - Monograph of the Trochilidae (1849-1861) .

literature

  • Jon Fjeldså , Niels Krabbe : Birds of the High Andes: A Manual to the Birds of the Temperate Zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1990, ISBN 978-87-88757-16-3 .
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
  • Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny, Frédéric de Lafresnaye: Synopsis Avium from Alcide d'Orbigny, in ejus per Americam meridionalem itinere, collectarum et ab ipso viatore necnon a de Lafresnaye in ordine redactarum . In: Magasin de zoologie, Journal destiné a établir une correspondance entre les zoologistes de tous les pays, at a leur faciliter les moyens de publier les espèces nouvelles ou peu connues qu'ils possèdent . tape 8 , Classe II, 1838, pp. 1-34 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • John Gould: Drafts for an arrangement of the Trochilidae, with descriptions of some species . In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . tape 15 , no. 168 , 1847, pp. 7-11 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Carl von Linné: Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis . 10th edition. tape 1 . Imprensis Direct Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm 1758 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: Mémoire sur deux espèces d'animaux nommés Trochilus et Bdella par Hérodote, leur guerre, et la part qu'y prend le Crocodile . In: Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle . tape 15 , 1827, pp. 459-474 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Edward Clive Dickinson, Alain Lebossé: A study of d'Orbigny's “Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale”. IV. New avian names deriving from d'Orbigny's expedition with evidence for their first introduction and necessary corrections to authorship, dates and citations . In: Zoological Bibliography . tape 5 , no. 4 , March 9, 2018, p. 49–274 ( avespress.com [PDF; 8.9 MB ]).
  • Edward Clive Dickinson, Alain Lebossé: A study of d'Orbigny's “Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale”. V. Necessary corrections to data from the "Index Animalium". Pp. 275-292. Also includes errata . In: Zoological Bibliography . tape 5 , no. 5 , August 1, 2018, p. 275–292 ( avespress.com [PDF; 731 kB ]).
  • Edward Clive Dickinson, Martin Schneider: Authorship with in the Synopsis Avium: a correction . In: Zoological Bibliography . tape 5 , no. 11 , February 26, 2020, p. 413-415 ( avespress.com [PDF; 591 kB ]).
  • Charles Barney Cory: Catalog of Birds of the America . In: Publication Field Museum of Natural History (Publication 197) (=  Zoological series ). tape 13 , no. 2 , 1918 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

Web links

Commons : Red-flanked Andean Hummingbird ( Oreotrochilus adela )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny, p. 33.
  2. ^ John Gould (1847), pp. 9-11
  3. ↑ James A. Jobling p. 283
  4. ^ Carl von Linné, p. 119.
  5. ↑ Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, p. 466
  6. ↑ James A. Jobling p. 32
  7. ^ Charles Barney Cory, p. 232

Remarks

  1. ↑ For the history of the publication see Edward Clive Dickinson u. a. (2018a) pp. 52–53, pp. 195–196, Table A, p. 17, Edward Clive Dickinson et al. a. (2018b) p. 285 and Edward Clive Dickinson (2020) et al. Pp. 413-415
  2. ↑ In addition to the wedge-tailed hillstar ( Oreotrochilus adela ), he also ordered the white edge Andes Hummingbird ( Oreotrochilus leucopleurus Gould , 1847), the Ecuadorian Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus chimborazo ( Delattre & Bourcier , 1846)), the Black-breasted Andes Hummingbird ( Oreotrochilus melanogaster ) and the Estella Andean Hummingbird ( Oreotrochilus estella ( d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye , 1839)).