Perija starfrontlet
| Perija starfrontlet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Coeligena |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. b. consita
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| Trinomial name | |
| Coeligena bonapartei consita Wetmore & Phelps, 1952
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The Perija starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei consita), is a hummingbird subspecies in the subfamily Trochilinae that is endemic to high altitudes in the Serranía del Perijá along the border of Colombia and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) and the Clements taxonomy treats Coeligena consita as a species.[2] However, the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (SACC) and the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) consider it to be a subspecies of golden-bellied starfrontlet (C. bonapartei).[3][4][5]
Distribution
Perija Starfrontlet occurs in the Serrania del Perijá along the border of Colombia and Venezuela from an altitude of 2,550 metres (8,370 ft) to 3,025 metres (9,925 ft). Most records come from Chamicero del Perija ProAves Reserve in Colombia; the last record from Venezuela dates back to 1942.[6][7]
Habitat
Information about the Perija Starfrontlet's habitat and ecology are scarce. The species inhabits cloud forest and elfin forest. The population size is estimated as less than 250 mature individuals, but the need for further information on the population size has been identified.[7] The most severe threat to the species is the fragmentation and conversion of its habitat caused by uncontrolled colonisation, which is accompanied by cultivation and cattle-ranching.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Coeligena consita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T61173094A180037357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61173094A180037357.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB] retrieved 27 May 2021
- ^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 31 January 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved February 1, 2022
- ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 12.1)". doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ Retrieved August 25, 2021
- ^ "eBird--Chamicero del Perijá Proaves Reserve". eBird. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ a b "Perija Starfrontlet (Coeligena consita): request for information". BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forums. 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
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