Eugenes fulgens (Magnificent Hummingbird)

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� Magn�fico

Description

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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

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Biology

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Diet

Exclusively:

Nectar Insects

Reproduction

Breeding Habitat : Woodland
Clutch Size: 2
Length of Incubation : 16? days

Migration

Some migrate

Taxonomy

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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)

Unambiguous Synonyms

Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 12-Jun-2005

Similar Species

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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

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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

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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