Santander yellow breast bush hammer
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The Santander yellow-breasted bush hammer ( Atlapetes latinuchus yariguierum ) is a subspecies of the yellow-breasted bush hammer . It was discovered in Colombia in 2004 and described scientifically in 2006 by Thomas M. Donegan ( Fundación ProAves ) and Blanca Huertas ( Natural History Museum and University College, London ).
description
Chest, throat and abdomen are yellow, the "crown" is yellowish red-brown, the rest of the plumage is black. Compared to the nominate form , this subspecies is characterized by a raven-black back without white speckles.
distribution and habitat
The subspecies lives in the cloud forest in southwest Colombia between Bucaramanga and Bogotá , one of the last cloud forests in the Andes of Colombia. Since this distribution area is relatively small and similar habitats are rare, the Santander yellow breasted bushhammer is considered to be potentially endangered. The area of the "Serranía de los Yariguíes" was declared a national park in 2005 by the Colombian government . The Colombian bird protection organization Fundación ProAves is expanding the area into a large forest reserve.
discovery
The bird was discovered in the Yariguies Mountains ( Serranía de los Yariguíes ) in the Colombian Andes by an expedition accompanied and led by Blanca Huertas Hernandez , a curator at the Natural History Museum in London . The region is considered largely unexplored and the bird's discoverers state that many other undescribed birds and other animal species probably live in this forest area. Blanca Huertas, who is actually a lepidopterist , was able to discover not only birds but also many new species of butterflies.
Systematics
The newly discovered bird was assigned to the yellow-breasted bushhammer ( Atlapetes latinuchus ) as a subspecies. However, since this is currently undergoing a comprehensive revision , as a result of which it will probably be split into several new individual species, it has not yet been conclusively clarified which species Atlapetes latinuchus yariguierum is assigned to or whether this bird can be considered a separate species. The bird is named after the Yariguies Indian tribe , who lived in this region before the Spanish conquest.
The type specimen was photographed and DNA samples were taken for a detailed examination.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Julian Teixeira: New bird discovered on unexplored Columbian mountain. ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. innovations-report, October 9, 2006.
- ↑ Thomas M. Donegan, Blanca Huertas: A new brush-finch in the Atlapetes latinuchus complex from the Yariguíes Mountains and adjacent Eastern Andes of Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 126, 2, pages 94–116, 2006 PDF full text ( Memento of the original of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- New Bird Discovered on Unexplored Colombian Mountain by BP Conservation Program Project. BP Conservation Program Newsletter, 27, pages 2–3, 2006 Text (English)
- Thomas Michael Donegan, Blanca Huertas: A new brush-finch in the Atlapetes latinuchus complex from the Yariguíes Mountains and adjacent Eastern Andes of Colombia . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 126 , no. 2 , 2007, p. 94-116 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).