Emerald-throated hummingbird
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Abeillia abeillei | ||||||||||
( Lesson, RP & Delattre , 1839) |
The emerald-chinned hummingbird ( Abeillia abeillei ) or sometimes Abeillekolibri is a species of bird in the family of hummingbirds (Trochilidae). The species has a large range that covers about 150,000 square kilometers in the Central American countries of Mexico , Belize , Guatemala , Honduras , El Salvador, and Nicaragua . The IUCN classifies the population as “not at risk” ( least concern ).
features
The emerald-throated hummingbirds reach a body length of about 7 to 7.5 centimeters. The short straight beak becomes about 9.8 millimeters long and the forked tail is quite wide. Males and females are different because the male has a black beak while the female has a different color. The hummingbird is spotted with white around the eyes. This is in sharp contrast to the green crown and the rest of the head. The ring collar shimmers green and merges into black or dark gray at the throat. The lower part is dusty gray with green spots on the chest and flanks. The neck and the top have a deep blue-green. The inner control feathers are also blue-green but become dark blue with gray spots on the outside. The female is pale gray on the neck and underside. There is a dark white border around the eyes. The side and flanks shimmer in a mottled green. The outer tail feathers are speckled with white.
Habitat
The bird prefers moist evergreen deciduous forest, as well as pine forest . He moves relatively deep, but avoids open terrain. You can usually see it at altitudes over 900 meters.
Subspecies
So far, two subspecies are known.
- Abeillia abeillei abeillei ( Lesson & Delattre , 1839)
- Abeillia abeillei aurea W. Miller & Griscom , 1925
The subspecies abeillei can be found in southeast Mexico to Guatemala and from El Salvador to northern Honduras. The subspecies aurea is native to southern Honduras and northern Nicaragua.
behavior
The emerald-throated hummingbird flies relatively quickly. He builds his nest in the form of a deep calyx. The breeding season is from February to March. He prefers to move in the undergrowth.
Etymology and history of research
René Primevère Lesson and Adolphe Delattre described the emerald- throated hummingbird under the name Ornismya Abeillei . The type specimen came from Jalapa . In his Conspectus generum avium from 1850, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte created the new genus Abeillia , for which he called the species Abeillia typica? Bonaparte (synonym for Abeillia abeillei ) provided. However, at this point he was not sure whether the hummingbird actually belonged to the genus Ramphomicron . The genus and species was dedicated to the French military surgeon Grégoire Abeillé (1798–1848), who was then living in Bordeaux. "Aurea" comes from the Latin word "aureus, aurum" and means "golden, gold".
literature
- Steve NG Howell, Sophie W. Webb: A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America . Oxford University Press, New York 1995, ISBN 978-0-19-854012-0 .
- Robert S. Ridgely, John A. Gwynne: A Guide to the Birds of Panama. With Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1992, ISBN 978-0691025124 , page 447.
- 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).
- René Primevère Lesson, Adolphe Delattre: Oiseaux-Mouches nouveaux au très rares, decouverts by 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 29, 2014]).
- Waldron DeWitt Miller , Ludlow Griscom : Descriptions of new birds from Nicaragua . In: American Museum Novitates . No. 159 , 1925, pp. 13–20 ( online (PDF; 844.3Kb) [accessed on March 29, 2014]).
- Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte: Conspectus generum avium . tape 1 . EJ Brill, Leiden 1850 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
Web links
- Abeillia abeillei inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Emerald-chinned Hummingbird ( Abeillia abeillei ) . Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Emerald-chinned Hummingbird (Abeillia abeillei) in the Internet Bird Collection
- Emerald- throated hummingbird ( Abeillia abeillei ) at Avibase; accessed on March 29, 2014.
- Abeillia abeillei in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved March 14, 2014.
- xeno-canto: Sound recordings - Emerald-chinned Hummingbird ( Abeillia abeillei )