Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Green-bellied Hummingbird (Saucerottia viridigaster) - HBW 5, p. 604
French: Ariane à ventre vert
German: Grünbauchamazilie
Spanish: Amazilia Colimorada
Taxonomy: Trochilus viridigaster Bourcier, 1843, Fusagasuga, Colombia.
Genus usually merged into Amazilia. Forms a superspecies with S. cupreicauda and S. tobaci; normally considered conspecific with former, but morphological differences, in addition to highly disjunct ranges, support their separation as two distinct species. Race iodura has generally been overlooked or rejected in recent literature; however, on the basis of morphology, in combination with distribution, it appears to be a valid race; intergradation of the two races may occur south of Táchira depression. Proposed race melanura is now regarded as an aberra.. View all taxonomy...
Genus usually merged into Amazilia. Forms a superspecies with S. cupreicauda and S. tobaci; normally considered conspecific with former, but morphological differences, in addition to highly disjunct ranges, support their separation as two distinct species. Race iodura has generally been overlooked or rejected in recent literature; however, on the basis of morphology, in combination with distribution, it appears to be a valid race; intergradation of the two races may occur south of Táchira depression. Proposed race melanura is now regarded as an aberrant form of nominate race. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- viridigaster (Bourcier, 1843) - E slope of E Andes of Colombia (S to Sierra Macarena); doubtfully W slope as indicated by the type locality.
- iodura Reichenbach, 1854 - Andes of Táchira (W Venezuela).
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Locality Monterredondo, Guayabetal, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
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