Kingdom Animalia Order Apodiformes Genus Amazilia Higher classification Amazilia | Phylum Chordata Family Trochilidae Scientific name Amazilia luciae Rank Species | |
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Similar Hummingbird, Bird, Amazilia, Green‑fronted hummingbird, Chestnut‑bellied hummingbird | ||
The honduran emerald hummingbird in amazing slow motion
The Honduran emerald (Amazilia luciae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
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This bird 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, and deforestation. The species is locally common in arid thorn forest and scrub in the upper Rio Aguan valley, Department of Yoro. Exploration of the less-accessible interior of Honduras has revealed a wider distribution than thought at the time of its "rediscovery." The species responds and joins mobs after hearing the calls of a ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum). It was described by George Newbold Lawrence in 1867.
Honduran emerald
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