Tres Marias Hummingbird
| Tres Marias Hummingbird | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Cynanthus |
| Species: | C. lawrencei |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynanthus lawrencei Berlepsch, 1887 | |
The Tres Marías hummingbird (Cynanthus lawrencei) is a species of hummingbird formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Broad-billed hummingbird, having been accorded species status in 2014. It is only found in the Islas Marías island group off the west coast of Mexico.
Description
Adults of this species appear almost identical to the Broad-billed Hummingbird, with a slight differences in throat color, which is turquoise green, not sapphire blue; a bronzy-green breast, instead of turquoise-blue; and dark grey, not pale, undertail coverts.
It is also similar to the other species split from the Broad-billed Hummingbird, the Doubleday's Hummingbird, which occurs on the southern coast of Mexico.[2]
Conservation
The Tres Marías hummingbird is currently listed as near threatened by the IUCN. While little is currently known about population trends, it is likely that it is under pressure from habitat destruction through farming and wood-cutting, and predation by invasive species. Total population size is estimated to be below 2500 mature individuals.[1]
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2014). "Cynanthus lawrencei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ↑ del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (1999). Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.