Black jacobin
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Black jacobin | |
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Adult in Reserva Guainumbi, São Luis do Paraitinga, São Paulo, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Florisuga |
Species: | F. fusca |
Binomial name | |
Florisuga fusca Vieillot, 1817 | |
Synonyms | |
Melanotrochilus fuscus (Vieillot, 1817) |
The black jacobin (Florisuga fusca), previously placed in the monotypic Melanotrochilus, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in or near Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina. It is generally common, and therefore considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International and consequently the IUCN. Adults of both sexes are overall black with green-tinged back and wing-coverts, and white lower flanks and outer rectrices. The white in the tail is often flashed conspicuously in flight. The commonly seen immatures, sometimes incorrectly referred to as "females", have a distinctive rufous patch in the malar region.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Florisuga fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Black jacobin videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Black Jocobin photo
- Article Fieldtrip
- Photo-Medium Res
- Article home.m06.itscom.net—"Brazil Itatiaia National Park"
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