Blue-headed hummingbird
The blue-headed hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
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| Blue-headed hummingbird in Morne Diablotins National Park, Dominica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Riccordia |
| Species: | R. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Riccordia bicolor (Gmelin, 1788) | |
It is found only in Dominica and Martinique.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Chlorostilbon. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Chlorostilbon was polyphyletic.[2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the blue-headed hummingbird was moved to the resurrected genus Riccordia.[3][4]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Cyanophaia bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016.
- Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
External links
- Stamps (for Dominica, France)
- Blue-headed hummingbird photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res Oiseaux
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