Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Juan Fernandez Firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis) - HBW 5, p. 635
French: Colibri robinson
German: Juan-Fernandez-Kolibri
Spanish: Colibrí de Juan Fernández
Other common names: Fernandez Firecrown
Taxonomy: Trochilus Fernandensis King, 1831, Juan Fernández Islands.
Genus seems to be closely related to a high-Andean lineage that includes Lesbia, Metallura, Oreonympha and Oreotrochilus. Sister-species relationship with S. sephaniodes supported by recent DNA studies; in past, phylogenetic affinities with other hummingbird species have been much disputed. In mid-19th century, pronounced sexual dimorphism caused the sexes to be classified as two different species within the same genus, until observations of mating and of the two morphotypes sharing the same nest revealed their true identities. Race leyboldi of Alejan.. View all taxonomy...
Genus seems to be closely related to a high-Andean lineage that includes Lesbia, Metallura, Oreonympha and Oreotrochilus. Sister-species relationship with S. sephaniodes supported by recent DNA studies; in past, phylogenetic affinities with other hummingbird species have been much disputed. In mid-19th century, pronounced sexual dimorphism caused the sexes to be classified as two different species within the same genus, until observations of mating and of the two morphotypes sharing the same nest revealed their true identities. Race leyboldi of Alejandro Selkirk I (also Juan Fernández Is) is now extinct; originally considered a separate species. One extant subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fernandensis (King, 1831) - Robinson Crusoe I in Juan Fernández Is (off WC Chile).
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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A female perched, with pollen on the throat Locality Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (ssp fernandensis)
Frank Witebsky 2005 4 years ago 30 sec 4.9 -
A close-up of a male Locality Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (ssp fernandensis)
Frank Witebsky 2005 4 years ago 24 sec 4.8 -
A female singing Locality Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (ssp fernandensis)
Frank Witebsky 2005 4 years ago 19 sec 4.7 -
A female with pollen on the upper bill Locality Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (ssp fernandensis)
Frank Witebsky 2005 4 years ago 21 sec 4.6 -
A male perched in a front and a dorsal view, and feeding Locality Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (ssp fernandensis)
Frank Witebsky 2005 4 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
A female hanging on a flower and feeding Locality Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (ssp fernandensis)
Frank Witebsky 2005 4 years ago 16 sec 4.5
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A female bird perched
Locality Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 11 January 2007 2 years ago 4 -
A male bird with wings extended
Locality Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 11 January 2007 2 years ago 4 -
A male perched
Locality Juan Fernández Islands, Chile (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 11 January 2007 2 years ago 2.5
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