Scale belly panty hummingbird
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The scaly-bellied hummingbird ( Haplophaedia lugens ) or the scaly snow pant is a species of bird from the hummingbird family (Trochilidae), which is widespread in Colombia and Ecuador . The IUCN assesses the population as Near Threatened . The species is considered to be monotypical .
features
The scale-stomach hummingbird reaches a body length of about 9 to 10 cm and a weight of 5.0 to 8.8 g. The beak is straight and black. The male is bronze-green on the upper side, which turns into copper-colored on the top of the head and especially on the rump . The underside is dark gray, with the throat and breast feathers having white borders. The flanks shimmer green. The blackish tail is slightly forked. He has white tufts of feathers on his legs that turn chestnut colored towards the inside. The female is similar to the male. Overall, it has a more matte color, the wings are a little shorter and the tufts of feathers on the legs are completely white. Young animals are similar to females.
Behavior and nutrition
The shed-bellied hummingbird draws its nectar preferably from flowers with short corollas z. B. the genera Palicourea and Besleria and the arrowroot family . Mostly one sees him as a loner in the dense undergrowth on small groups of flowers, in the strata near the ground or on bushes. He is also very rarely out in the treetops. He collects the insects from leaves. The feeding habitat is similar to that of the shiny copper hummingbirds . It is considered a territorial hummingbird.
Vocalizations
Only a single quirky tsik or double tsi-tsik sound is known of the singing of the scaly- tummy hummingbird , which it utters at irregular intervals. He gives this both sitting on branches, as well as in the hovering flight .
Reproduction
Breeding reports of the scale-bellied hummingbird exist from August. The nest consists mainly of moss and other plant material and is held together by cobwebs. The nest has a ball-like structure. To protect it from rain and nest robbers , it is usually attached to the underside of ferns or large leaves at 0.5 to two meters above the ground. The clutch consists of two white eggs. The incubation period is 15 to 17 days and incubation is carried out exclusively by the female. The chicks are flesh-colored with two grayish yellow-brown stripes on the back. The nestlings fledge after 20 to 24 days.
distribution and habitat
The scale-bellied hummingbird prefers very moist pre-montane forests, such as cloud forests , forest edges in the foothills and lower highlands, as well as scrub. Usually it can be observed relatively deep and moves in dense vegetation or smaller clearings or along mountain ridges with primary forest. He is regularly out and about in the vicinity of smaller river streams. In secondary vegetation , it can usually only be found in bushes or scrub. So it occurs in the upper tropical and subtropical zones. This species lives at altitudes of 1200 to 2000 meters, regionally in Colombia also up to 2500 meters. It is distributed on the Pacific slopes in southwest Colombia in the Departamento de Nariño and northwest Ecuador south to the province of Pichincha .
migration
The shed-bellied hummingbird is generally considered to be a resident bird .
Etymology and history of research
The first description of the scale belly panty hummingbird was in 1852 by John Gould under the scientific name Eriopus lugens . The type specimen was collected near Quito . In 1918 Eugène Simon introduced the new genus Haplophaedia for the shiny copper panty hummingbird. This name is derived from the Greek words »haploos ἁπλοος « for »pure, simple« and »phaidros φαιδρος « for »shiny, radiant«. The species name »lugens« is derived from the Latin »lugentis, lugere« for »grief, mourn«.
literature
- Iris Heynen, Guy Maxwell Kirwan , Peter Boesman in: Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal , David Andrew Christie , Eduardo de Juana: Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens) in Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
- John Gould in William Jardine, 7th Baronet of Applegarth: Description of three new species of Humming-Birds . In: Contributions to Ornithology for 1851 . tape 4 . WH Lizard, Edinburgh 1852, p. 139-140 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- Eugène Louis Simon: Notice sur les Travaux Scientifiques . Imprimerie et Lithographie M. Villain et M. Bar, Paris 1918.
Web links
- Haplophaedia lugens inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Hoary Puffleg ( Haplophaedia lugens ) . Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Scale-bellied hummingbird ( Haplophaedia lugens ) at Avibase; accessed on October 7, 2019.
- Haplophaedia lugens in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- xeno-canto: sound recordings - scale-belly panty -hummingbird ( Haplophaedia lugens )
- Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens) in the Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved October 7, 2019.