Escudo hummingbird

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Escudo hummingbird
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Amazilia
Species:
A. tzacatl
Subspecies:
A. t. handleyi
Trinomial name
Amazilia tzacatl handleyi
Wetmore, 1963
Synonyms

Amazilia handleyi Wetmore, 1963

The Escudo hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl handleyi) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae. It was long considered a doubtfully distinct species, but more recently it is generally treated as a subspecies of the rufous-tailed hummingbird, A. tzacatl.

It is endemic to Isla Escudo de Veraguas in Panama. Except for its larger size, it is similar to the rufous-tailed hummingbird. Its natural habitat is tropical moist shrubland and woodland. With a total range estimated at only 3 km2, it is potentially threatened by habitat loss or invasive species.

When it was still considered a good species, it was classified as Vulnerable species by the IUCN, noting that any evidence of a declining population could lead to an uplisting to Critically Endangered status.[1] In 2008, it was removed from the IUCN Red List however, as only species are included therein.[2]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ BLI (2004)
  2. ^ BLI (2008a,b)

References[]

  • BirdLife International (2004). "Amazilia handleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2007.
  • BirdLife International (BLI) (2008a) Escudo Hummingbird Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2008-MAY-26.
  • BirdLife International (BLI) (2008b): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.


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