Overview
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
dusky-tailed hummingbird, Rieffer's hummingbird, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Common Names in French:
Ariane à ventre gris
Common Names in German:
Braunschwanzamazilie
Common Names in Japanese:
ハイバラエメラルドハチドリ
Common Names in Spanish:
Colibr, ColibrÌ cola rojiza
Description
Habitat
Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands, tropical deciduous forests • Maximum Elevation: 1,800 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,869 meters (0 to 12,694 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Apodiformes
()
- Peters, 1940
- Suborder:
Apodi
()
- Peters, 1940
- Family:
Trochilidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
()
- Genus:
Amazilia
()
- Lesson, 1843
- Specific name:
tzacatl
- Scientific name: - Amazilia tzacatl
- Specific name:
tzacatl
- Genus:
Amazilia
(
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
(
- Family:
Trochilidae
(
- Suborder:
Apodi
(
- Order:
Apodiformes
(
- Superorder:
Cypselomorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amazilia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 59 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. alticola (Loja Hummingbird) · A. amabilis (Blue-Chested Hummingbird) · A. amabilis amabilis (Blue-Chested Hummingbird) · A. amazilia (Amazilia Hummingbird) · A. beryllina (Berylline Hummingbird) · A. beryllina beryllina (Berylline Hummingbird) · A. boucardi (Mangrove Hummingbird) · A. brevirostris (White-Chested Emerald) · A. candida (White-Bellied Emerald) · A. candida candida (White-Bellied Emerald) · A. castaneiventris (Chestnut-Bellied Hummingbird) · A. chionogaster (White-Bellied Hummingbird) · A. chionogaster chionogaster (White-Bellied Hummingbird) · A. chionopectus (White-Chested Emerald) · A. cupreicauda (Tepui Hummingbird) · A. cyanifrons (Indigo-Capped Hummingbird) · A. cyanocephala (Azure-Crowned Hummingbird) · A. cyanocephala cyanocephala (Azure-Crowned Hummingbird) · A. cyanura (Blue-Tailed Hummingbird) · A. cyanura cyanura (Blue-Tailed Hummingbird) · A. decora (Charming Hummingbird) · A. distans (Tachira Emerald) · A. edward (Snowy-Breasted Hummingbird) · A. edward edward (Snowy-Breasted Hummingbird) · A. fimbriata (Glittering-Throated Emerald) · A. fimbriata fimbriata (Glittering-Throated Emerald) · A. franciae (Andean Emerald) · A. handleyi (Escudo Hummingbird) · A. lactea (Sapphire Spangled Emerald) · A. lactea lactea (Sapphire-Spangled Emerald) · A. leucogaster (Plain-Bellied Emerald) · A. leucogaster leucogaster (Plain-Bellied Emerald) · A. luciae (Honduras Emerald) · A. rondoniae (Rondonia Emerald) · A. rosenbergi (Purple-Chested Hummingbird) · A. rutila (Cinnamon Hummingbird) · A. rutila rutila (Cinnamon Hummingbird) · A. saucerottei (Steely-Vented Hummingbird) · A. saucerrottei (Steely-Vented Hummingbird) · A. saucerrottei saucerrottei (Steely-Vented Hummingbird) · A. tobaci (Copper-Rumped Hummingbird) · A. tobaci tobaci (Copper-Rumped Hummingbird) · (Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird) · A. tzacatl handleyi (Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird) · A. tzacatl tzacatl (Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird) · A. versicolor (Versicoloured Emerald) · A. versicolor versicolor (Versicoloured Emerald) · A. violiceps (Violet-Crowned Hummingbird) · A. violiceps ellioti (Violet-Crowned Hummingbird) · A. violiceps violiceps (Violet-Crowned Hummingbird) · A. viridicauda (Green-And-White Hummingbird) · A. viridifrons (Green-Fronted Hummingbird) · A. viridifrons viridifrons (Green-Fronted Hummingbird) · A. viridigaster (Green-Bellied Hummingbird) · A. viridigaster viridigaster (Green-Bellied Hummingbird) · A. yucatanensis (Fawn-Breasted Hummingbird) · A. yucatanensis chalconota (Buff-Bellied Hummingbird) · A. yucatanensis yucatanensis (Buff-Bellied Hummingbird) · A. yucatensis (Buff-Bellied Hummingbird)
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Notes
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Bird Collection
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10131
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178058
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2497311
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178058
- IUCN ID: 190304
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 406654
Footnotes
- Mean = 175.380 meters (575.394 feet), Standard Deviation = 584.610 based on 24,130 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
