Taczanowsky hummingbird

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Taczanowsky hummingbird
Taczanowsky hummingbird

Taczanowsky hummingbird

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Genre : Leucippus
Type : Taczanowsky hummingbird
Scientific name
Leucippus taczanowskii
( Sclater, PL , 1879)

The Taczanowskikolibri ( Leucippus taczanowskii ) is a species of bird in the family of hummingbirds (Trochilidae). The distribution area includes the countries Peru and Ecuador . The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern .

features

The Taczanovski's hummingbird has a body length of 11.5 to 12.5 cm with a weight of 6.9 (females) to 7.7 g (males). The slightly recessed beak is blackish. It has a bronze skull and a dull green top. There is a small white spot behind the eye. The underside is dirty white and has noticeable green spots. Depending on the bird, variable shades of green can be seen on the flanks. The tail is uniformly bronze-green.

behavior

In Ecuador they have been observed taking nectar from Inga plants and hunting insects. In addition, territorial disputes with Andean macillas ( Amazilia franciae ) have been observed. Other plants that they will fly to include agaves and bananas ( musa ).

Vocalizations

Her call consists of a complex series of chips and whistling trembling warbles.

distribution and habitat

Distribution area of ​​the Taczanowsk hummingbird

They are relatively common in dry scrub on the western slopes of the Andes of Peru at altitudes between 900 and 1900 meters. In the dry part of the middle and upper Marañón Valley, they sometimes occur between 350 and 2800 meters. Few sightings have been made in the Zamora Chinchipe province of Ecuador.

Subspecies

The species is considered to be monotypical . The subspecies Thaumasius taczanowskii fractus , described by Outram Bangs and Gladwyn Kingsley Noble , is now considered a synonym for the nominate form .

Etymology and history of research

Philip Lutley Sclater described the Taczanowsky hummingbird under the name Thaumasius taczanowskii . The type specimen came from Guajango in the province of Cajamarca and was collected there by Jan Sztolcman and Konstanty Roman Jelski (1837-1896). Władysław Taczanowski sent Sclater the brat for analysis. In 1850 Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte introduced the genus Leucippus a . a. for the cinnamon breast hummingbird. The generic name refers to " Leukippos Λεύκιππος " from Greek mythology . The species name dedicated Sclater Taczanowski. Fractus is the Latin word for weakened, broken .

literature

  • Thomas Scott Schulenberg, Douglas Forrester Stotz, Daniel Franklin Lane, John Patton O'Neill, Theodore Albert Parker III : Birds of Peru . Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 2007, ISBN 978-0-7136-8673-9 .
  • Juan Fernando Freile, Roger Ahlman, Dušan Milan Brinkuizen, Paul J. Greenfield, Alejandro Solano-Ugalde, Lelis Navarrete, Robert Sterling Ridgely: Rare birds in Ecuador: first annual report of the Committee of Ecuadorian Records in Ornithology (CERO) . In: Avances . tape 5 , no. 2 , 1950, p. B24 – B41 ( usfq.edu.ec [PDF; 842 kB ]).
  • Philip Lutley Sclater: Mr. Sclater laid before the Meeting an example of a Hummingbird at Guajango, in Northern Peru, By Messr. Stolzmann and Jelski, and forwarded to Mr. Sclater for examination by L. Taczanowski, of Warsaw, CMZS In: Proceedings of Scientific Meeting of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1879 . 1879, p. 145-146 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Outram Bangs, Gladwyn Kingsley Noble: List of Birds Collected on the Harvard Peruvian Expedition of 1916 . In: The Auk . tape 35 , no. 4 , 1918, pp. 442–463 ( sora.unm.edu [PDF; 959 kB ]).
  • John Todd Zimmer : Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 59, The genera Polythmus, Leucippus, and Amazilia . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1475 , 1950, pp. 1–27 ( redpeia.minam.gob.pe [PDF; 12.9 MB ]).
  • Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte: Conspectus generum avium . tape 1 . EJ Brill, Leiden 1850 ( gallica.bnf.fr ).
  • James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .

Web links

Commons : Taczanovski's hummingbird ( Leucippus taczanowskii )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Thomas Scott Schulenberg u. a., p. 228.
  2. ↑ a b Juan Fernando Freile u. a., p. B35,
  3. ^ IOC World Bird List Hummingbirds
  4. ↑ Outram Bangs et al. a., p. 451.
  5. ↑ John Todd Zimmer, pp. 6-7.
  6. ↑ a b Philip Lutley Sclater, pp. 145-146.
  7. ^ Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, p. 73.
  8. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 223.
  9. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 163.

Remarks

  1. ↑ In addition to the Zimtbrustkolibri he ordered this genus Trochilus turnerrii ( Bourcier , 1846) - a synonym for a subspecies of Weißbauchamazilie ( Amazilia chionogaster hypoleuca ( Gould , 1846)) - to.