Violetear

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Genus of birds

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::summary Genus of birds ::

| name = Violetear | image = Colibri coruscans.jpg | image_caption = Sparkling violetear, Colibri coruscans | taxon = Colibri | authority = Spix, 1824 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 5, see text | synonyms = | type_species =Trochilus serrirostris | type_species_authority = Vieillot, 1816

The violetears are hummingbirds of the genus Colibri. They are medium to large species found in Mexico, and Central and northern South America. The Mexican violetear occasionally wanders as far north as the United States and even Canada.

Violetears have ample rounded tails and short or medium black bills. Three of the four species have a mainly green plumage. The males have a violet blue patch running back and down from the eye, which is erected when they are excited, and a glittering throat patch. The female plumage is generally like the male's, but the ear and throat patches are smaller.

Violetears build substantial cup nests into which two white eggs are laid. They have loud persistent songs, often repetitions of double notes.

These birds come readily to artificial nectar feeders, and show no fear of humans. They are aggressively territorial, and at feeders or flowering shrubs they spend much time chasing other hummingbirds, rather than feeding.

Species

The genus contains five species:

|name=Brown violetear |binomial=Colibri delphinae |image=File:Brown Violet-ear (Colibri delphinae) (20089200003).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Lesson |authority-year=1839 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Mexico to northern and western South America |range-image=File:Colibri delphinae map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies=

|name=Mexican violetear |binomial=Colibri thalassinus |image=File:Colibri cyanotus (33951679038).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Swainson |authority-year=1827 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Mexico to northwestern Nicaragua |range-image=File:Colibri thalassinus map 2.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies=

|name=Lesser violetear |binomial=Colibri cyanotus |image=File:Green Violet ear.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Bourcier|authority-year= 1843 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Costa Rica, Panama, and the Andes (from Bolivia and northwards) |range-image=File:Colibri cyanotus map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Four subspecies |bullets=on | C. c. cabanidis (Heine), 1863) | C. c. cyanotus (Bourcier, 1843) | C. c. kerdeli Aveledo & Perez, 1991 | C. c. crissalis Todd, 1942

|name= Sparkling violetear|binomial=Colibri coruscans |image=File:Sparkling Violet-ear.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Gould |authority-year=1846 |authority-not-original=yes |range= The Andes (from Argentina and northwards) |range-image=File:Colibri coruscans map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on |C. c. coruscans |C. c. germanus

|name= White-vented violetear|binomial=Colibri serrirostris |image=File:Colibri serrirostris-White-vented Violetear (Male).JPG|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Vieillot |authority-year=1816 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay |range-image=File:Colibri serrirostris map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies=

References

  • Hilty, * Birds of Venezuela*,
  • Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica
  • Birds of the World, 1999 Edition

References

  1. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". International Ornithologists' Union.

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