Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone) - HBW 5, p. 590
French: Saphir oenone
German: Bronzeschwanz-Saphirkolibri
Spanish: Zafiro Colidorado
Taxonomy: Ornismya œnone Lesson, 1832, Trinidad; probably error = north-east Venezuela.
Monotypic genus, sometimes merged into Hylocharis because of similarity in plumage, but lacks swollen base of bill and enlarged nasal operculum of that genus. Proposed type locality of Trinidad seems unlikely, as there are apparently no definite records with specific localities, and the species is not mentioned in any work on Trinidad birds during present century. Race alleni may not be adequately separable from josephinae. Several other races proposed: longirostris from E Colombia differs from nominate only in average bill length; azurea, supposedly from W .. View all taxonomy...
Monotypic genus, sometimes merged into Hylocharis because of similarity in plumage, but lacks swollen base of bill and enlarged nasal operculum of that genus. Proposed type locality of Trinidad seems unlikely, as there are apparently no definite records with specific localities, and the species is not mentioned in any work on Trinidad birds during present century. Race alleni may not be adequately separable from josephinae. Several other races proposed: longirostris from E Colombia differs from nominate only in average bill length; azurea, supposedly from W Ecuador but no definite records thence (in fact, probably from E Ecuador), has characters of a subadult male of oenone; peruviana doubtfully distinct from josephinae; and intermedia of upper Amazonia probably of hybrid origin. “Thalurania lerchii”, known from Bogotá trade skins, is apparently a hybrid between present species and Thalurania furcata. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- oenone (Lesson, 1832) - N & E Venezuela, E Colombia, E Ecuador, extreme NE Peru and adjacent extreme W Brazil.
- josephinae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848) - most of E Peru.
- alleni (Elliot, 1888) - N Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding on verbain flowers and resting intermittently Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp josephinae)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2005 6 years ago 40 sec 4.6 -
side view perched, spreads tail, flies Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp josephinae)
Martin Kennewell 5 September 2006 40 weeks ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A male perched on a verbain Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp josephinae)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
An adult perched on a branch Locality Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp josephinae)
Virgilio Yábar Calderón 4 February 2002 8 years ago 15 sec 4.4 -
A male perched and feeding on verbain flowers Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp josephinae)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2005 6 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
feeding on flowers Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp josephinae)
Martin Kennewell 5 September 2006 40 weeks ago 16 sec 3.3
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On a branch
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 30 October 2011 28 weeks ago 4.7 -
On a branch
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 30 October 2011 28 weeks ago 4.4 -
A bird hovering
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 13 November 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
Hummingbird
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
peperodriguez 3 September 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
Golden-tailed Sapphire
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
peperodriguez 3 September 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
On a branch
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 29 October 2011 28 weeks ago 4.3
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Song from a perched male. Locality Río Bombuscaro Reserve, Podocarpus National Park, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
(ssp oenone)
Nick Athanas 26 September 2001 2 years ago 4
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