Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Amazilia tobaci)

Other Names (World)
Copper-rumped Hummingbird, Common Emerald

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8 - 9.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

French Guiana, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Saucerottia tobaci) [XC590694]
by id from near Arnos Vale, Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago (call)

Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Saucerottia tobaci) [XC218320]
by Simon Elliott from Yacambu NP, Lara, Venezuela (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Green-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia viridigaster) and Copper-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia cupreicauda).

Proposed subspecies apurensis most probably falls within individual variation of subspecies feliciae. A specimen said to have been taken on Grenada, and described as "Saucerottia wellsi", has alternatively been treated as a vagrant of nominate subspecies. However, its true origin appears dubious.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

tobaci (Gmelin, 1788) - Tobago.
erythronotos (Lesson, R, 1829) - Trinidad.
aliciae Richmond, 1895 - I Margarita, Venezuela.
monticola (Todd, 1913) - North-western Venezuela.
feliciae (Lesson, R, 1840) - North-central Venezuela.
caudata Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1949 - North-eastern Venezuela.
caurensis (von Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902) - Eastern and south-eastern Venezuela.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Amazilia tobaci) - 10 files

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