Berylline Hummingbird

Berylline Hummingbird

Taxobox
name = Berylline Hummingbird
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
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-sized hummingbird. 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 central Honduras in Central America. It regularly strays to southeasternmost Arizona in the United States where it occasionally breeds–(the Madrean 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 from flowers and flowering trees using a long extendable tongue or catch insects 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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