Blue-throated sapphire
| Blue-throated sapphire | |
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| At Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Hylocharis |
| Species: | H. eliciae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylocharis eliciae Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846 | |
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| Range of H. eliciae | |
The blue-throated sapphire (Hylocharis eliciae), also known as the blue-throated goldentail, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
This medium-sized hummingbird measures 9 cm (3.5 in) and weighs 3.6 g (0.13 oz). The crown and upperparts are green, shading to the metallic golden-green tail. The wings are dusky, while the sides and belly are green. The throat is metallic blue-violet. The bill is straight and coral red with a black tip. The female is paler overall, with more black in the bill and more grey in the throat.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Hylocharis eliciae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Arizmendi, M.C.; Rodríguez-Flores, C.; Soberanes-González, C.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (2013). Schulenberg, T.S., ed. "Blue-throated Goldentail (Hylocharis eliciae)". neotropical.birds.cornell.edu. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Neotropical Birds Online. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hylocharis eliciae. |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Hylocharis eliciae |
- BirdLife species factsheet for Hylocharis eliciae
- Hylocharis eliciae on Avibase
- Blue-throated goldentail videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
- Blue-throated goldentail photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Audio recordings of Blue-throated Sapphire on Xeno-canto.