Honduran Emerald

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Honduran Emerald
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Amazilia
Species: A. luciae
Binomial name
Amazilia luciae
Lawrence, 1867

The Honduran Emerald, Amazilia luciae, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species is locally common in arid thorn forest and scrub in the upper Rio Aguan valley, Department of Yoro.[2] It responds slowly to join mobs after hearing the calls of a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum).[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Amazilia luciae. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on December 30, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Howell, Steve N.G.; Sophie Webb (December 1989). "Notes on the Honduran Emerald". Wilson Bulletin 101 (4): 642–643. 

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