Glow-throated hummingbird
species of bird
The glow-throated hummingbird (Selasphorus ardens) is an Endangered species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is endemic to a small area of Panama.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Glow-throated Hummingbird has two subspecies, one recently discovered in the Cerro Hoya Nacional Park on the Azuero peninsula, and the other being found in the central cordillera (Santa Fe, Cerro Santiago etc.) on the Cerro Hoya subspecies the pinkish color of the male's gorget extends to the crown (the female's crown being brown), while the other subspecies on both sexes has a green crown.
Description
The glow-throated hummingbird is about 7 cm (2.8 in) long. Both sexes have a short, straight, black bill. The adult male has bronzy green upperparts and the tail feathers are black with rufous edges. Its gorget is pinkish red with a white foreneck below it. The center of the breast and belly are also white and the rest of the underparts buffy to cinnamon with green spangles and buffy white undertail coverts. Adult females are also bronzy green above. Their central tail feathers are green; the rest have rufous bases, a black band near the end, and deep buffy tips.
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