Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | kolibřík skvrnitý |
Dutch | Vlekkeelkolibrie |
English | Spot-throated Hummingbird |
English (United States) | Spot-throated Hummingbird |
French | Colibri de Taczanowski |
French (France) | Colibri de Taczanowski |
German | Taczanowskikolibri |
Japanese | ホシノドミズベハチドリ |
Norwegian | flekkstrupekolibri |
Polish | agawowczyk plamisty |
Russian | Пятнистогорлый левкипп |
Slovak | kolibrík škvrnitohrdlý |
Spanish | Colibrí de Taczanowski |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Colibrí Golipunteado |
Spanish (Peru) | Colibrí de Taczanowski |
Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí de Taczanowski |
Swedish | fläckstrupekolibri |
Turkish | Taczanowski Kolibrisi |
Ukrainian | Колібрі плямистогорлий |
Spot-throated Hummingbird Leucippus taczanowskii
Version: 1.0 — Published February 15, 2015
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Systematics
Geographic Variation
Leucippus taczanowskii is monotypic. A proposed subspecies, fractus Bangs and Noble 1918, from the Marañon Valley, usually is not recognized (Zimmer 1950).
Subspecies
Related Species
Described as Thaumasius taczanowskii Sclater 1879; type locality Guajungo, Cajamarca, Peru
This species also has been classified in the genera Talaphorus (e.g. Peters 1945), but Zimmer (1950) merged Talaphorus into Leuccippus.
Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data reveals that hummingbirds (Trochilidae) constitute nine major clades, comprising the hermits, mangos, Patagona, topazes, coquettes, brilliants, mountain-gems, bees, and emeralds (McGuire et al. 2009, 2014). Leucippus is a member of the emerald clade; other genera in this radiation include Cynanthus, Chlorostilbon, Cyanophaia, Hylocharis, Campylopterus, Klais, Abeillia, Orthorhynchus, Stephanoxis, Anthocephala, Microchera, Elvira, Goethalsia, Goldmania, Thalurania, Eupherusa, Chalybura, Phaeochroa, Taphrospilus, Eupetomena, Aphantochroa, Trochilus, Amazilia, Lepidopyga, Chrysuronia, Juliamyia, and Chlorestes (McGuire et al. 2009, 2014). Many genera in the emerald clade, including Leucippus, are not monophyletic (McGuire et al. 2009, 2014). Leucippus taczanowskii is sister to Leucippus baeri (Tumbes Hummingbird); these two species belong to a small clade that also includes Taphrospilus hypostictus (Many-spotted Hummingbird), Eupetomena macroura (Swallow-tailed Hummingbird), and Aphantochroa cirrochloris (Sombre Hummingbird) (McGuire et al. 2014). The type species of Leucippus is fallax (Buffy Hummingbird), which belongs to a different clade. Consequently, taczanowskii and baeri will need to be classified in a different genus, perhaps Thaumasius Sclater 1879 (type species Thaumasius taczanowksii = "Leucippus" taczanowskii).