Lucifer Hummingbird

Lucifer Hummingbird

Taxobox
name = Lucifer Hummingbird
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Calothorax"
species = "C. lucifer"
binomial = "Calothorax lucifer"
binomial_authority = (Swainson, 1827)The Lucifer Hummingbird, "Calothorax lucifer" is a medium-sized, up to 10cm long, green hummingbird with long decurved bill, small wings and white streak behind eye. The male has an iridescent plumage, forked dark tail, green crown, long magenta gorget and white underparts. The female is larger than male with duller plumage, pale throat and buff below.

The Lucifer Hummingbird is distributed to deserts and arid areas with agave plants in the southwestern United States, from southwest Texas, extreme southwestern New Mexico to extreme southeastern Arizona, and in central and north Mexico. It is also found in the Madrean sky islands of the northern end of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico.

The diet consists mainly of nectar, spiders and small insects. The female lays two white eggs in the small cup-like nest.

A locally common species in its range, the Lucifer Hummingbird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2093&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=48448 IUCN Red List]
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=lucifer+hummingbird&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=25 Lucifer Hummingbird photos] VIREO
* [http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/a7/LuciferHummingbird_02.jpgPhoto-High Res--(Close-up)]


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