Topaz (hummingbird)
Topaz | |
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Crimson topaz (Topaza pella) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Florisuginae |
Genus: | Topaza G.R. Gray, 1840 |
Type species | |
Trochilus pella Linnaeus, 1758
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Species | |
2, see text |
The topazes are two species of
rectrices. They are colourful, being mainly strongly iridescent golden and crimson with a black hood and a green throat. Females lack the elongated rectrices and have a mainly green plumage.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Topaz was introduced by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840 with the crimson topaz as the type species.[2][3] The genus contains two species, the crimson topaz and the fiery topaz.[4] Although generally considered to be distinct species, they have in the past been thought to be conspecific by some authors.[5]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Crimson topaz |
Three subspecies
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Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Fiery topaz | Topaza pyra , 1846
Gould Three subspecies
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Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
- ^ "Crimson topaz (Topaza pella)". Oiseaux Birds. 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 13.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 92.
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Hu, Da-Shih; Joseph, Leo; Agro, David (2000). "Distribution, Variation and Taxonomy of Topaza Hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae)" (PDF). Ornitologia Neotropica. 11: 123–142.
Further reading
- Restall, R., C. Rodner, & M. Lentino (2006). Birds of Northern South America. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-7242-0(vol. 2).