Aglaeactis aliciae

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Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Vegetation: semihumid/humid montane scrubs • Minimum Elevation: 3,000 meters • Maximum Elevation: 3,200 meters • Zoogeographic Region: Maranon Valley • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Upper montaine: mountains, upper range, above 3,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Medium

Ecology: It is known from the temperate zone (2,900-3,500 m ) with vegetation comprising montane shrubs and Alnus and Eucalyptus trees6, where it is found in the understorey of alder woodland8. It feeds on mistletoe parasitising alders and other trees , e.g. Tristerix longebrachteatum1,7, and in patches of flowering uñico, Oreocallis grandiflora 11. It has also recently been reported to feed and roost in introduced Eucalyptus trees, although the species's degree of tolerance of Eucalyptus plantations (especially as breeding habitat ) is unknown9,10. However, the unconfirmed sighting in the Llanganuco area was in the Polylepis zone at 3,600-4,000 m. Juveniles and immatures have been taken in February, March and June.

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List of Habitats:

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.7     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 06-Dec-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aglaeactis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. aliciae (Purple-Backed Sunbeam) · A. castelnaudii (White Tufted Sunbeam) · A. castelnaudii castelnaudii (White-Tufted Sunbeam) · A. cupripennis (Shining Sunbeam) · A. cupripennis cupripennis (Shining Sunbeam) · A. pamela (Black-Hooded Sunbeam)

More Info

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Further Reading

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 52.
• Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. including all species and subspecies known to occur in North America, Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Galapagos Archipelago, and other is by Charles E. Hellmayr and Boardman Conover. 13 1918 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1918. url p. 252.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 96.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 210.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 205, p. 56.
• Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 168.
• Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1910-1943. url p. 252.
• Trochilidae, bearbeitet von Ernst Hartert. Mit 34 abbildungen im texte. Berlin, R. Friedländer und sohn, 1900. url p. 138, p. 140.
• Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) / by R.L.M. Warren & C.J.O. Harrison. London: BM(NH), 1966-1973. url p. 11.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Nature Conservancy Council url p. 144.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2008. Aglaeactis aliciae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, &quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds,&quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:

• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
• Senckenberg: Collection Aves (spirit preserved)
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10185
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-555220
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13500964
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 555220
• IUCN ID: 189299
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1611

Footnotes

1. BirdLife International 2008. Aglaeactis aliciae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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