Escudo hummingbird
The Escudo hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl handleyi) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae. It was long considered a doubtfully distinct species, but more recently it is generally treated as a subspecies of the rufous-tailed hummingbird, A. tzacatl.
| Escudo hummingbird | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Amazilia |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | A. t. handleyi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Amazilia tzacatl handleyi Wetmore, 1963 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amazilia handleyi Wetmore, 1963 | |
It is endemic to Isla Escudo de Veraguas in Panama. Except for its larger size, it is similar to the rufous-tailed hummingbird. Its natural habitat is tropical moist shrubland and woodland. With a total range estimated at only 3 km2, it is potentially threatened by habitat loss or invasive species.
When it was still considered a good species, it was classified as Vulnerable species by the IUCN, noting that any evidence of a declining population could lead to an uplisting to Critically Endangered status.[1] In 2008, it was removed from the IUCN Red List however, as only species are included therein.[2]
Footnotes
- BLI (2004)
- BLI (2008a,b)
References
- BirdLife International (2004). "Amazilia handleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008a) Escudo Hummingbird Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2008-MAY-26.
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008b): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.