Azure-crowned hummingbird
Azure-crowned hummingbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Amazilia |
Species: | A. cyanocephala
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Binomial name | |
Amazilia cyanocephala (Lesson, 1829)
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Synonyms | |
Ornismya cyanocephalus Lesson, 1829 |
The azure-crowned hummingbird (Amazilia cyanocephala) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The males have a metallic blue crown, while the females are identifiable by a more dull blue or greenish crown.[2] It forages on arthropods (often searching bark and clusters of pine needle) as well as nectar from flowers.[2] The species seems to be territorial based on how available resources are, and like most hummingbirds is likely polygamous.[2] Its nests are generally cup shaped used from local resources, but in an urban setting the species has been known to even use objects such as telephone wires in its construction.[3][4]
Subspecies
- Amazilia cyanocephala cyanocephala (Lesson, 1829)
- Amazilia cyanocephala chlorostephana Howell, 1965
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Amazilia cyanocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ a b c "Azure-crowned Hummingbird". neotropical.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
- ^ Ornelas, Juan Francisco (September 2010). "Nests, Eggs, and Young of the Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanocephala)". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 122 (3): 592–597. doi:10.1676/09-155.1. ISSN 1559-4491.
- ^ MacGregor-Fors, Ian; Escobar-Ibáñez, Juan F. (June 2015). "On a Tightrope: Use of Open Sky Urban Telephone Wires by Azure-crowned Hummingbirds (Amazilia cyanocephala) for Nesting". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 127 (2): 297–302. doi:10.1676/wils-127-02-297-302.1. ISSN 1559-4491.