Honduran Emerald

Honduran Emerald

Taxobox
name = Honduran Emerald


status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref= IUCN2007|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=21320|title=Amazilia luciae|downloaded=December 30, 2007 ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Amazilia"
species = "A. luciae"
binomial = "Amazilia luciae"
binomial_authority = Lawrence, 1867
synonyms =

The Honduran Emerald, "Amazilia luciae", is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Honduras.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss. The species is locally common in arid thorn forest and scrub in the upper Rio Aguan valley, Department of Yoro.cite journal| last =Howell| first =Steve N.G. | coauthors =Sophie Webb| title =Notes on the Honduran Emerald| journal =Wilson Bulletin| volume =101| issue =4| pages =642–643| date =December 1989| url = http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v101n04/p0642-p0643.pdf| accessdate =2007-12-30 ] It responds slowly to join mobs after hearing the calls of a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ("Glaucidium brasilianum").

References

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1934&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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