Nombre en español: Colibrí Ecuatoriano
Nombre en inglés: Ecuadorian Piedtail
Nombre científico: Phlogophilus hemileucurus
Familia: Trochilidae
El colipinto ecuatoriano, colibrí colipinto ecuatoriano, colibrí serrano blanco, colibrí cola multicolor, cola-pintada ecuatoriano, colipunto ecuatoriano o colapinto ecuatoriano (Phlogophilus hemileucurus), es una especie de colibrí en la familia Trochilidae.
Distribución y hábitat
Se encuentra en Colombia, Ecuador y Perú. Su hábitat natural son los bosques húmedos tropicales o subtropicales de montaña. Cada vez es más raro encontrarlo debido a la pérdida de hábitat.
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Ecología
Esta especie se distribuye en bosques húmedos montanos y premontanos a lo largo de la vertiente oriental de los Andes, de manera localizada desde el suroriente de Colombia hasta el noreste del Perú. Habita al interior de bosques y parches secundarios entre 400 y 1500 m (Hilty y Brown 1986; Ridgely y Greenfield 2001; BirdLife International 2008). En Colombia ha sido reportada en Putumayo, Caquetá, Cauca y Nariño. Es común a poco común en el sotobosque de bosques con pendientes acentuadas (Fitzpatrick y Willard 1982; Salaman et ál. 2002; F. Ayerbe-Quiñones com. pers.).
Amenazas
La principal amenaza es la fragmentación del bosque. Los bosques en su área de distribución se encuentran bajo presión por agricultura, ganadería, cultivos de café y té, actividades mineras y tala de árboles (Salaman et ál., 2002; BirdLife Internatio-nal 2008).
Medidas de conservación tomadas
Los PNN Cueva de los Guácharos, Alto Fragua Indi Wasi y Serranía de Los Churumbelos Auka Wasi, junto con el SFF Plantas Medicinales Orito Ingi-Ande cubren gran parte de las zonas donde esta especie se ha registrado.
Ecuadorian piedtail
The Ecuadorian piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus) is a species of hummingbird in the «coquettes», tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Ecuadorian piedtail shares its genus with the Peruvian piedtail (P. harterti). It is monotypic.
Description
The Ecuadorian piedtail is 7.3 to 7.6 cm (2.9 to 3.0 in) long and weighs 2.2 to 3.7 g (0.078 to 0.13 oz). The adult male and female are alike. They have a short, straight, black bill with a yellowish base. Their crown is greenish brown and the rest of the upperparts grass green. They have a white spot behind the eye. The throat and breast are white with green spots with a white band separating them. The belly is whitish. The innermost pair of tail feathers are blue-green; the others are blue with white bases and broad white tips. Juveniles resemble the adults but their head and neck feathers have buff fringes.
Distribution and habitat
The Ecuadorian piedtail is found in the eastern foothills of the Andes from Colombia’s Putumayo and Cauca departments south through eastern Ecuador into northeastern Peru’s departments of San Martín and Loreto. It inhabits primary forest edges and secondary forest at elevations between 500 and 1,200 m (1,600 and 3,900 ft).
Behavior
Movement
The Ecuadorian piedtail is mostly sedentary but local altitudinal movements are believed to be likely.
Feeding
The Ecuadorian piedtail typically forages between 2 and 4 m (7 and 13 ft) above the ground. It perches to take nectar from flowers and to glean small insects from foliage.
Breeding
The Ecuadorian piedtail’s breeding season spans from December to April. The typical nest is a cup of fine rootlets and fern leaf placed 2 to 3 m (7 to 10 ft) above the ground. It is sited in vines or under overhanging thickets. The clutch size is two eggs.
Vocalization
The Ecuadorian piedtail’s song is «a series of typically three high-pitched buzzy notes…followed by several twittering notes ‘tzeeeee…tzeee.tzew..tititititi’, continuously repeated.» Its calls include «a descending series of 3–4 high-pitched ‘see’ notes…, a repeated ‘tsik’ note and high-pitched twittering.»
Status
The IUCN originally assessed the Ecuadorian piedtail as Near Threatened and since 2012 as Vulnerable. «Much of its habitat is under intense pressure from agriculture and cattle pasture, low-intensity farming, tea and coffee growing, mining operations and logging.»
Fuentes: Wikipedia/eBird/xeno-canto
