Sawbill shadow hummingbird
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The sawbill shadow hummingbird ( Ramphodon naevius ) or sawbill hermit is a hummingbird from southeast Brazil . It lives on the eastern slopes of the mountain forests along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean . The species is considered to be " near threatened" .
description
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The total length of the male is about 15 cm, that of the female about 14 cm. The weight is around 11 g, the length of the strong and slightly curved beak around 3.5 cm. While the upper beak is black, the lower beak is yellowish with a black tip. The species shows a sexual dimorphism .
The male is dark olive-brown on the upper side and a cream-colored stripe runs from the eye to the neck. The throat is light russet and has a black-dashed longitudinal stripe in the middle, while the chest and belly are dashed black and white. The black tail with a purple sheen is rounded. The outer three pairs of control springs have cream-colored tips that become larger towards the outside.
The female is smaller than the male. The beak shows a slightly more pronounced curve. The throat strip is only indicated.
Systematics
Today it is the only species within the genus Ramphodon , which used to include the bronze-tailed shadow hummingbird . Although it is classified into the subfamily Phaethornithinae (shadow hummingbirds or hermits), it shows similarities with the real hummingbirds (subfamily Trochilinae). A number of autapomorphies, such as the unusual beak, suggest that it is one of the most primitive species within the shadow hummingbird lineage.
Etymology and history of research
Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix described the hummingbird under the name Trochilus nævius . He gave the mountain Corcovado in Brazil as the site. It was not until 1830 with his fourth delivery of Traité d'ornithologie that the species was assigned to the new genus Ramphodon by René Primevère Lesson . This word comes from the Greek word "rhamphos ῥαμφος " for "beak" and "odous, odōn οδους, οδων " for "tooth". »Naevius« is the Latin word for »spotted, spotted, spotted«.
literature
- Helmut Folger: Hummingbirds. Your way of life and attitude . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-8001-7073-6 .
- C. Hinkelmann: Saw-billed Hermit. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal (Eds.): Handbook of Birds of the World. Volume 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 1999, ISBN 84-87334-25-3 , p. 537, plate 45.
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
- Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix in several authors: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les artes. Suivi d'une biography of the plus célèbres naturalistes. Ouvrage destiné aux médecins, aux agriculteurs, aux commerçans, aux artistes, aux manufacturies, et tous ceux qui ont intérêt à connoître les productions de la nature, leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur lieu natal, leurs propriétés et leur usages. Par Plusieurs Proffeseurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales Écoles de Paris . tape 10 . FG Levrault, Strasbourg 1818 ( online [accessed 11 August 2014]).
- René Primevère Lesson: Traité d'ornithologie, ou, Tableau méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux: ouvrage entièrement neuf, formant le catalog le plus complet des espèces réunies dans les collections publiques de la France . tape 1 (delivery 4). FG Levrault, Paris 1830 ( online [accessed August 11, 2014]).
Web links
- Ramphodon naevius inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Black-throated Flowerpiercer ( Ramphodon naevius ) . Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Sawbill shadow hummingbird ( Ramphodon naevius ) at Avibase; Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- xeno-canto: Sound recordings - Saw-billed Hermit ( Ramphodon naevius )
- Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius) in the Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved May 2, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles ... 1818, p. 55.
- ↑ René Primevère Lesson: Traité d'ornithologie ... 1830, p. 545.
- ↑ James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. 2010, p. 330.
- ↑ James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. 2010, p. 265.