Indigo-capped hummingbird
Indigo-capped hummingbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Saucerottia |
Species: | S. cyanifrons
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Binomial name | |
Saucerottia cyanifrons (Bourcier, 1843)
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Synonyms | |
Amazilia alfaroana (disputed)
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The indigo-capped hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanifrons) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
It is currently found only in Colombia.
Taxonomy[]
This species was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Amazilia was polyphyletic.[2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the indigo-capped hummingbird was moved to the resurrected genus Saucerottia.[3][4]
Description[]
The indigo-capped hummingbird has an indigo cap. Its body is emerald green and its back is dark brown. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amazilia cyanifrons. |
Wikispecies has information related to Amazilia cyanifrons. |
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Amazilia cyanifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Saucerottia
- Birds of the Colombian Andes
- Endemic birds of Colombia
- Birds described in 1843
- Taxa named by Jules Bourcier
- Hummingbird stubs