Escudo hummingbird

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.

Escudo hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Amazilia
Species:
A. tzacatl
Subspecies:
A. t. handleyi
Trinomial name
Amazilia tzacatl handleyi
Wetmore, 1963
Synonyms

Amazilia handleyi Wetmore, 1963

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 classified 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 species are included therein.[2]

Footnotes
  1. BLI (2004)
  2. BLI (2008a,b)

References
  • BirdLife International (2004). "Amazilia handleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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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