Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
12 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1832)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland, heavily degraded former forest. From 1,700 - 3,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna) [XC650163]
by Jerome Fischer from Locotal, La Siberia, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (call, chasing call)

Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna) [XC238421]
by Guy Kirwan from El Cerrito, La Calera, Cundinamarca, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Differences in display and behaviour do not suggest particularly close relationship with Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae). Probably closely related to Ramphomicron. Subspecies eucharis, formerly thought to have come from Colombia, was provisionally placed in Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae). Subspecific differences rather weak.

Proposed subspecies chlorura is synonym of eucharis; boliviana is synonym of nominate.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

gouldii (Loddiges, 1832) - Andes of north-eastern and south-central Colombia; old record from Venezuela (M�rida).
gracilis (Gould, 1846) - Andes of Ecuador.
pallidiventris (Simon, 1902) - Andes of northern Peru.
eucharis (Bourcier and Mulsant, 1848) - Mountains near Huánuco (central Peru).
nuna (Lesson, 1832) - Andes of south-western Peru and northern Bolivia.
aureliae Weller & Schuchmann, 2004 - Southern Ecuador.
huallagae Weller & Schuchmann, 2004 - Central Peru.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna) - 10 files

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