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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Versicolored Emerald* |
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Amazilia versicolor |
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Description (10)
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Versicolored Emerald
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Other Names (World)
Versicolored Emerald, Versicoloured Emerald, Cuyuni Emerald (hollandi)
Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Size
10.40 - 10.90 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 50 - 1,250 m, occasionally up to 1,700 m.
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Subspecies
Often considered to include Rondonia Emerald (Amazilia rondoniae) as a subspecies, but probably better considered a distinct species, on basis of reported sympatry without interbreeding. Taxonomic confusion has been caused by occurrence of polymorphism within southern parts of range: birds from south-eastern Brazil sometimes divided into two distinct subspecies or even species, a green-throated inland one and a white-throated coastal one, but differences attributable to clinal variation within nominate subspecies, and intermediates exist. Coastal birds were listed as brevirostris, but this name now considered to refer to the species formerly known as White-chested Emerald (Amazilia brevirostris). Distinctive subspecies hollandi sometimes considered a separate species, and millerii and nitidifrons have also been suggested as constituting two further species. Validity of subspecies kubtcheki has often been questioned, but it appears justified on basis of morphology and biogeography. Subspecies viridiceps of Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) sometimes placed in present species.
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
- millerii (Bourcier, 1847) - Tropical Colombia east of Andes, central Venezuela and Amazonian eastern Peru and northern Brazil.
- hollandi (Todd, 1913) - South-eastern Venezuela; possibly also western Guyana, where status unclear.
- nitidifrons (Gould, 1860) - North-eastern Brazil.
- versicolor (Vieillot, 1818) - South-eastern Brazil.
- meracula (Simon, 1921) - North-eastern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, extreme north-eastern Argentina and south-western Brazil.
- kubtchecki Ruschi, 1959 - North-eastern Bolivia to eastern Paraguay, south-western Brazil and extreme north-eastern Argentina.
- rondoniae Ruschi, 1982 - Northern Bolivia and w-c Brazil (Rondônia). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Rondonia Emerald (Amazilia rondoniae).
References
See References.
Files:
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