Veragua Mangocolibri

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Veragua Mangocolibri
Veragua Mangokolibri (female)

Veragua Mangokolibri (female)

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Sailor birds (Apodiformes)
Family : Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Subfamily : Polytminae
Genre : Anthracothorax
Type : Veragua Mangocolibri
Scientific name
Anthracothorax veraguensis
Reichenbach , 1855

The Veragua Mango Hummingbird ( Anthracothorax veraguensis ) or Veraguamango is a species of bird in the family of hummingbirds (Trochilidae), which in the country Panama and Costa Rica found. The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern . The species is considered to be monotypical .

features

The Veragua-Mangokolibri reaches a body length of about 11 to 12 cm, with a weight of 7.0 g. The male has a slightly curved black bill. The top is metallic bronze green. The chest and the middle of the abdomen are bluish. The tail is predominantly wine red with black spots. The female is similar to the male. The top is metallic green. The underside is white from the chin to the rear abdomen with a greenish blue central line. The tail is black, with the outer control feathers speckled with white. Fledglings are similar to females, but have a reddish brown fringed central stripe on the underside.

Behavior and nutrition

The Veragua Mangokolibri gets its nectar from scrub like Calliandra and trees of the genera of coral trees and Inga . It flies to these from ground level strata up to heights of 10 meters above the ground. It behaves territorially on trees in their mass flowering phase . In Costa Rica he was observed while visiting Erythrina gibbosa . So he defended the flowers z. B. against Schmuckamazilien ( Amazilia decora ( Salvin , 1891)), Braunschwanzamazilien ( Amazilia tzacatl ( De la Llave , 1833)), Rose Kehl humming ( Heliomaster longirostris ( Audebert & Vieillot , 1801)) and Purpurkron jewelry humming ( Heliothryx barroti ( Bourcier , 1843 )).

Reproduction

Nothing is known about the breeding behavior or nest building of the Veragua mango colibris.

Vocalizations

The Veragua mango tibri is rather quiet. The singing consists of repeated, slightly buzzing phrases with about 5 tones that sound like tsi-tsi-tsetsetsi ... He also gives short repeated tip..tip .. tones.

distribution and habitat

Distribution area of ​​the Veragua mango colibris

The Veragua Mangokolibri prefers open vegetation with pastures and river banks with scrub and scattered trees.

Etymology and history of research

The first description of the Veragua Mangocolibris was in 1855 by Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach under the scientific name Anthracothorax veraguensis . The type specimen came from the province of Veraguas . Friedrich Boie introduced the genus Anthracothorax as early as 1831 . It was only later that the green breast mango was assigned to the genus. This name is derived from the Greek "anthrax, anthrakos ανθραξ, ανθρακος " for "coal, precious being" and "thōrax, thōrakos θωραξ, θωρακος " for "breast". The species name refers to the collection area of ​​the type specimen.

migration

The migration behavior of the Veragua mango colibris has not yet been researched. But it is assumed that he is a resident .

literature

Web links

Commons : Veragua-Mangokolibri ( Anthracothorax veraguensis )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IOC World Bird List Hummingbirds
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann u. a.
  3. ↑ Isabell G. Riedl u. a., p. 24
  4. ↑ Isabell G. Riedl u. a., p. 25
  5. ↑ a b Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, p. 9.
  6. ^ Friedrich Boie, p. 545.
  7. ↑ James A. Jobling, p. 49.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Boie arranged the genus the Jamaica Mango Hummingbird ( Anthracothorax mango ( Linnaeus , 1758)), the blue star Antilles Kolibri ( Eulampis holosericeus ( Linnaeus , 1758)), Purple Kehl Kolibri ( Eulampis jugularis ( Linnaeus , 1766)) (Syn: Trochilus violaceus ), Smaragdkehl- Mangokolibri ( Anthracothorax viridigula ( Boddaert , 1783)) (Syn: Trochilus gramineus ) belonging to the genus.