Escudo Hummingbird
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Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
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| Amazilia tzacatl handleyi Wetmore, 1963 |
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Amazilia handleyi Wetmore, 1963 |
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.
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 clssified 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 good species are included therein[2].
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- BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). Amazilia handleyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 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.
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