Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Magnificent Hummingbird, Refulgent Hummingbird, Rivoli's Hummingbird
Common Names in French:
Colibri De Rivoli
Common Names in German:
Dickschnabelkolibri
Common Names in Japanese:
アオノドハチドリ
Common Names in Spanish:
Colibr Magnfico
Description
Physical Description
Adult Female: Face : Postocular Stripe : short, thin, white Bill: black Curvature: straight Length: long Neck: Throat : streaked Body: Underparts: grayish green Upperparts: dark green Tail: grayish green with gray white corners Shape : squared.Adult Male: Head : Crown: violet-purple Face: Chin: emerald green Postocular Stripe: small white spot behind eye Bill: black Curvature: straight Length: long Neck: Throat: emerald green Body: Belly: black Breast: black Upperparts: dark green Tail: dark green Shape: forked Undertail Coverts: grayish.
Size/Age/Growth
About 4.5 to 5.25 inches long, with a wingspan of 7 to 7 inches. Adults weigh about 0.3 ounces .
Habitat
Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine-oak forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, pine forests, montaine evergreen forests • Minimum Elevation: 1,300 meters • Maximum Elevation: 3,300 meters • Foraging Strata: Midstory • Center of Abundance: Middle montane: mountains, middle range, 1,600-2,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,998 meters (0 to 9,836 feet).Mean = 1,383.760 meters (4,539.895 feet), Standard Deviation = 507.440 based on 1,836 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Biology
Diet
Exclusively:
Nectar Insects
Reproduction
- Breeding Habitat : Woodland
- Clutch Size: 2
- Length of Incubation : 16? days
Migration
Some migrate
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- 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
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Apodimorphae
()
- Order:
Trochiliformes
()
- Hummingbirds
- Family:
Trochilidae
()
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
()
- Genus:
Eugenes
()
- (Swainson, 1827)
- Specific name:
fulgens
- (Swainson, 1827)
- Scientific name: - Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827)
- Specific name:
fulgens
- (Swainson, 1827)
- Genus:
Eugenes
(
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
(
- Family:
Trochilidae
(
- Order:
Trochiliformes
(
- Superorder:
Apodimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 12-Jun-2005
Similar Species
Blue-Throated Hummingbird
Members of the genus Eugenes
There are approximately 8 species in this genus:
E. fulgens (Magnificent Hummingbird) · E. fulgens aureoviridis (Magnificent Hummingbird) · E. fulgens fulgens (Magnificent Hummingbird) · E. fulgens spectabilis · E. fulgens spectablis · E. fulgens ssp · E. fulgens viridiceps · E. spectabilis
Bibliography
- Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
- Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- Avian Knowledge Network, Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network, Project FeederWatch
- Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852972
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178052
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13851967
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178050
- IUCN ID: 48367
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNUC37010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178141
