- Berylline Hummingbird
Taxobox
name = Berylline Hummingbird
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Trochiliformes
familia =Trochilidae
genus = "Amazilia "
species = "A. beryllina"
binomial = "Amazilia beryllina"
binomial_authority = (Lichtenstein, 1830)
synonyms = "Saucerottia beryllina"The Berylline Hummingbird, "Amazilia beryllina", sometimes placed in the genus "
Saucerottia ", is a medium-sizedhummingbird . It is 8-10 cm long, and weighs 4-5 g.Overview
Adults are colored predominantly metallic olive green with a rusty gray lower belly. The tail and primary wings are rufous in color and slightly forked. The underwing is also rufous. The bill of the male is straight and very slender. It is very dark red in coloration, almost black. The female is less colorful than the male.
The breeding habitat is in forests and thickets of western
Mexico to centralHonduras inCentral America . It regularly strays to southeasternmostArizona in theUnited States where it occasionally breeds–(theMadrean sky islands ). The female builds a nest in a protected location in a shrub or tree. Females lay two white eggs. This hummingbird is essentially non-migratory.These birds feed on
nectar fromflower s and flowering trees using a long extendable tongue or catchinsect s on the wing.References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
External links
* [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/texas_nature_trackers/hummingbird_roundup/images/species/05_spc_berylline.jpgBerylline Hummingbird photo] ; [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/texas_nature_trackers/hummingbird_roundup/identification/species_accounts/berylline/ Article] state.tx.us
* [http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/apodiformes/images/ariane.beryl.magr.1g.jpgBerylline Hummingbird photo] ; [http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/manuel.grosselet/ariane.beryl.1.html Article] Oiseaux
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