Escudo Hummingbird

Taxobox
name = Escudo Hummingbird
status = NR
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Amazilia"
species = "A. tzacatl"
subspecies = "A. t. handleyi"
trinomial = "Amazilia tzacatl handleyi"
trinomial_authority = Wetmore, 1963
synonyms = "Amazilia handleyi" Wetmore, 1963

The Escudo Hummingbird ("Amazilia tzacatl handleyi") is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae. It was long considered a doubtfully distinct species, but more recently it is generally treated as a subspecies of the Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, "A. tzacatl".

It is endemic to Isla Escudo de Veraguas in Panama. Except for its larger size, it is similar to the Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. Its natural habitat is tropical moist shrubland and woodland. With a total range estimated at only 3 km², it is potentially threatened by habitat loss or invasive species.

When it was still considered a good species, it was classified as Vulnerable species by the IUCN, noting that any evidence of a declining population could lead to an uplisting to Critically Endangered status [BLI (2004)] . In 2008, it was removed from the IUCN Red List however, as only good species are included therein [BLI (2008a,b)] .

Footnotes

References

*|year=2004|id=40459|title=Amazilia handleyi|downloaded=10 July 2007
* (2008a) [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=30017&m=0 Escudo Hummingbird Species Factsheet] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-26.
* (2008b): [http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.