Snowy-bellied hummingbird

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Snowy-bellied hummingbird
Snowy-bellied hummingbird (Amazilia edward niveoventer) 1.jpg
Snowy-bellied hummingbird (Amazilia edward niveoventer) 2.jpg
In Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Images show how 'colour' of feathers changes with lighting

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Saucerottia
Species:
S. edward
Binomial name
Saucerottia edward
(Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
Amazilia edward map.svg
Range of A. edward
Synonyms

Saucerottia edward

The snowy-bellied hummingbird (Saucerottia edward), is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is sometimes known by the name snowy-breasted hummingbird.

It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and far north-western 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 snowy-bellied hummingbird was moved to the resurrected genus Saucerottia.[3][4]

Description[]

A small hummingbird, the snowy-bellied measures just 10 cm (3.9 in). Head and upper chest are metallic green. Lower chest and belly are pure white. Back and rump are metallic copper. The tail is generally coppery in the eastern population and blue-black in the western population.[5]

Habitat[]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Amazilia edward". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. ^ Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.

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