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− | [[Image:Copper-rumped_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Graham+Osborne|Graham Osborne}} <br /> | + | [[Image:Copper-rumped_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''erythronotos''<br />Photo © by {{user|Graham+Osborne|Graham Osborne}} <br />[[Asa Wright Nature Centre]], [[Trinidad]]]] |
− | ;[[:Category: | + | ;[[:Category:Saucerottia|Saucerottia]] tobaci |
− | '' | + | ''Amazilia tobaci'' |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | + | 9–11 cm (3½-4.1/3 in)<br /> | |
− | + | Upperside is green with variable amounts of copper, strongest on the rump, but sometimes covering all the way to the crown. Wings and tail has a purple-blue sheen; tail is slightly forked. Underside is generally green, blending in to either coppery-cinnamon-rufous or bluish black undertail coverts (variation is geopgraphic and correlates with different subspecies). Mandible can have some flesh colour, but tip is always black. | |
+ | [[Image:Copper-rumped Hummingbird junio 2009.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''caudata''<br />Photo © by {{user|Luis+R|Luis R}}<br />Amaranta Casa de Colibries, Los Teques, Estado Miranda, Venezuela, 13 June 2009]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Trinidad]], [[Tobago]] and [[Venezuela]]. | [[Trinidad]], [[Tobago]] and [[Venezuela]]. | ||
− | ==Taxonomy== | + | ==Taxonomy== |
− | + | ====Subspecies==== | |
− | + | There are 7 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | |
+ | *''S. t. tobaci'': | ||
+ | :*[[Tobago]] | ||
+ | *''S. t. erythronotos'': | ||
+ | :*[[Trinidad]] | ||
+ | *''S. t. aliciae'': | ||
+ | :*Arid littoral of north-eastern [[Venezuela]] and Isla Margarita | ||
+ | *''S. t. monticola'': | ||
+ | :*North-western Venezuela | ||
+ | *''S. t. feliciae'': | ||
+ | :*Coastal ranges and arid littoral of northern Venezuela | ||
+ | *''S. t. caudata'': | ||
+ | :*North-eastern Venezuela | ||
+ | *''S. t. caurensis'': | ||
+ | :*Eastern and south-eastern Venezuela (Orinoco Valley to the tepuis) | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | [[Image:8718copper rumped 25 3.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Nominate<br />Photo © by {{user|obasanmi|obasanmi}}<br />Arnos Vale Hotel, [[Tobago]], June 2005]] | ||
Rain and cloud forests, second growth, etc. but also gardens and savannas with scattered trees up to 1600 to 1800 metres above sea level. | Rain and cloud forests, second growth, etc. but also gardens and savannas with scattered trees up to 1600 to 1800 metres above sea level. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
− | + | ====Diet==== | |
− | + | Their diet consists mostly of nectar gleaned from a wide variety of plants. In addition they glean insects from vegetation or hawking over fallen fruit. | |
− | + | ====Breeding==== | |
− | + | They construct a small cup nest, which is placed in the fork of a small tree or bush. The clutch contains 2 white eggs which are incubated by the female for 16-19 days; the young fledging about 19-23 days later. There may be 2-3 broods per season. | |
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
− | Call: ''chip'' | + | Call: ''chip''<br /> |
Song: ''tyee-tyee-tyoo''. | Song: ''tyee-tyee-tyoo''. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
− | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#Weller, A.A., P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Amazilia tobaci), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.corhum1.01 | |
+ | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
− | + | {{GSearch|"Saucerottia tobaci" {{!}} "Amazilia tobaci" {{!}} "Copper-rumped Hummingbird"}} | |
− | {{GSearch|Saucerottia | + | {{GS-checked}}1 |
− | {{ | + | <br /> |
− | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category: | + | <br /> |
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+ | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Saucerottia]] |
Latest revision as of 10:56, 22 April 2024
- Saucerottia tobaci
Amazilia tobaci
Identification
9–11 cm (3½-4.1/3 in)
Upperside is green with variable amounts of copper, strongest on the rump, but sometimes covering all the way to the crown. Wings and tail has a purple-blue sheen; tail is slightly forked. Underside is generally green, blending in to either coppery-cinnamon-rufous or bluish black undertail coverts (variation is geopgraphic and correlates with different subspecies). Mandible can have some flesh colour, but tip is always black.
Distribution
Trinidad, Tobago and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 7 subspecies[1]:
- S. t. tobaci:
- S. t. erythronotos:
- S. t. aliciae:
- Arid littoral of north-eastern Venezuela and Isla Margarita
- S. t. monticola:
- North-western Venezuela
- S. t. feliciae:
- Coastal ranges and arid littoral of northern Venezuela
- S. t. caudata:
- North-eastern Venezuela
- S. t. caurensis:
- Eastern and south-eastern Venezuela (Orinoco Valley to the tepuis)
Habitat
Rain and cloud forests, second growth, etc. but also gardens and savannas with scattered trees up to 1600 to 1800 metres above sea level.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of nectar gleaned from a wide variety of plants. In addition they glean insects from vegetation or hawking over fallen fruit.
Breeding
They construct a small cup nest, which is placed in the fork of a small tree or bush. The clutch contains 2 white eggs which are incubated by the female for 16-19 days; the young fledging about 19-23 days later. There may be 2-3 broods per season.
Vocalisation
Call: chip
Song: tyee-tyee-tyoo.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Weller, A.A., P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Amazilia tobaci), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.corhum1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Copper-rumped Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Copper-rumped_Hummingbird
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1