White breasted hummingbird
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White breasted panty hummingbird painted by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter |
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The white-breasted hummingbird ( Eriocnemis aline often incorrectly Eriocnemis alinae ), also known as emerald snow pants , is a species of hummingbird belonging to the genus of wool pants . The species has a large range that covers about 69,000 square kilometers in the South American countries of Colombia , Ecuador and Peru . The IUCN assesses the population as Least Concern .
description
At 7.6 centimeters, the white-breasted hummingbird with pants is the smallest type of wool pants. The straight beak is 15 mm long. The top is bright green. The rump is light emerald green. The forehead, the underside and the under tail coverts are glittering emerald green. The center of the chest shows a large white spot, adorned with a few greenish leaves. The white feather panties are very large compared to the body size. The short, green, shiny tail is slightly forked.
habitat
The white-breasted hummingbird lives in cloud forests and oak-dominated mountain ridges at altitudes between 2300 and 2800 m.
Way of life
The white-breasted hummingbird usually forages solitary in the low undergrowth within the forest.
Subspecies
So far, two subspecies are known.
- Eriocnemis aline aline ( Bourcier , 1843) - The nominate form occurs in eastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador.
- Eriocnemis aline dybowskii Taczanowski , 1882 - This subspecies is common in northern and central Peru.
Etymology and history of research
Jules Bourcier described the white-breasted panty-hummingbird under the name Ornismya Aline . The type specimen came from Tunja in Colombia. Bourcier described the species both in the Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne , as well as in the Annales des sciences physiques et naturelles, d'agriculture et d'industrie , but he used the specific epithet alinæ in the Annales des sciences , which appears in numerous Publications. Despite the dating of both volumes, both articles did not appear until 1843. The species was later assigned to the genus Eriocnemis . This name is derived from the Greek words »erion ἔριον « for »wool« and »knēmis κνημίς « for »cuff, leg splint «. The type is dedicated to Bourcier's wife Benoîte-Aline, née Jusserand. The name of the subspecies »dybowskii« honors the animal researcher Benediktus Dybowski (1833–1930), who mainly traveled to Eastern Siberia.
literature
- Steven Leon Hilty , William Leroy Brown : A guide to the birds of Colombia . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1986, ISBN 0-691-09250-8 ( books.google.de [accessed January 19, 2012]).
- Normand David, Alan Peter Peterson: Resolution of priority affecting three hummingbird names established by Bourcier (Aves: Trochilidae) . In: Zoological Bibliography . tape 1 , no. 1 , 2010, p. 3–5 ( avespress.com [accessed April 4, 2014]). (A more detailed explanation of the name and the date of publication according to the International Rules for Zoological Nomenclature is given here.)
- Jules Bourcier: Description of the trois nouvelles espèces d'Oiseaux-mouches . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 5 , 1842, pp. 373–374 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed April 4, 2014] a).
- Jules Bourcier: Description et figures des plusieurs espèces nouvelles d'oiseaux-mouches . In: Annales des sciences physiques et naturelles, d'agriculture et d'industrie . tape 5 , 1842, pp. 344–345 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de [accessed on February 23, 2014] b).
- Władysław Taczanowski: List of Oiseaux recueillis par M. Stolzmann au Pérou nord-oriental . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1882 . No. 1 , 1882, p. 2-49 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed April 6, 2014]).
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
Web links
- Eriocnemis aline inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- BirdLife International: Species Factsheet - Emerald-bellied Puffleg ( Eriocnemis aline ) . Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis alinae) in the Internet Bird Collection
- White-breasted hummingbird ( Eriocnemis aline ) at Avibase; Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- Eriocnemis alinae in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- xeno-canto: sound recordings - Emerald-bellied Puffleg ( Eriocnemis aline )