Andean emerald
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Uranomitra Reichenbach, 1854 |
| Species: | U. franciae
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| Uranomitra franciae | |
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The Andean emerald (Uranomitra franciae) is a species of hummingbird. It is the only species placed in the genus Uranomitra. It is found at forest edge, woodland, gardens and scrub in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. It is generally fairly common. It is green above and white below. Some subspecies have a blue crown. They are generally solitary but will be present with other hummingbirds at flowering trees (known as feeding assemblies).[2][3]
Sexual dimorphism is displayed within the species where the male dons a blue crown and the female a green one.[2]
The Andean emerald was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Amazilia was polyphyletic.[4] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the Andean emerald was moved to the resurrected genus Uranomitra that had been introduced in 1854 by Ludwig Reichenbach.[5][6]
Subspecies[]
Three subspecies are recognised:[6]
- U. f. franciae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) – northwest and central Colombia
- U. f. viridiceps (Gould, 1860) – southwest Colombia and west Ecuador
- U. f. cyanocollis (Gould, 1853) – north Peru
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Amazilia franciae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Andean Emerald - Introduction | Neotropical Birds Online". neotropical.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
- ^ "Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
- ^ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
- ^ Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3. PMID 29245495.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
External links[]
- Andean Emerald videos(Agyrtria franciae) on the Internet Bird Collection
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Trochilinae
- Birds of the Andes
- Birds of the Northern Andes
- Hummingbird species of South America
- Birds described in 1846
- Taxa named by Jules Bourcier
- Taxa named by Étienne Mulsant
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