Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Trochilidae > Basilinna > Basilinna leucotisBasilinna leucotis (White-eared Hummingbird)Synonyms: Hylocharis leucotis; Trochilus leucotis Language: Spanish The white-eared hummingbird (Basilinna leucotis) (syn. Hylocharis leucotis), is a small hummingbird. It is 9–10 cm long, and weighs approximately 3-4 g. Adults are colored predominantly green on their upperparts and breast. The undertail coverts are predominantly white. The tail is bronze green and straight. The most prominent feature is the white eyestripe found in both males and females. The bill of the male is straight and very slender. These hummers occur as far south as Cabo San Lucas in the Baja, Their bill is slightly decurved. It is red in coloration, and shows a black tip. His throat is a metallic turquoise green. His crown and face is violet and black. The female is less colorful than the male. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 8.34701 EDGE Score: 2.23506 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 3.5 grams | | Birth Weight [3] | 0.4 grams |  | | Breeding Habitat [2] | Mexican pine-oak forests, Mexican highland forests, Pine forests | | Wintering Geography [2] | Non-migrartory | | Wintering Habitat [2] | Mexican pine-oak forests, Mexican highland forests | | | Diet [4] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [4] | 10 % | | Diet - Nectar [4] | 90 % | | Forages - Aerial [4] | 10 % | | Forages - Mid-High [4] | 40 % | | Forages - Understory [4] | 50 % | | | Clutch Size [6] | 2 | | Clutches / Year [1] | 3 | | Fledging [1] | 25 days | | Global Population (2017 est.) [2] | 2,000,000 | | Incubation [5] | 15 days | | | Female Maturity [1] | 0 years 12 months |
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Climate |
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Bajío dry forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Central American montane forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central American pine-oak forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Chiapas montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Chimalapas montane forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Jalisco dry forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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IBA Criteria |
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Climate |
Land Use |
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Antigua Guatemala |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Arenal Hill |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2 |
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Atitlan |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cerro El Amay |
Guatemala |
A1, A3 |
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Cerro Miramundo |
Guatemala |
A1, A3 |
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Cuchumatanes |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cuilco |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dipilto-Jalapa Mountain Range |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2, A3 |
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El Jaguar |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Miraflor |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Montecristo |
Guatemala |
A1, A3 |
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Montecristo Forest |
El Salvador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Río Sapo/Perquín |
El Salvador |
A2, A3 |
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Sacranix |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Santiaguito Volcano |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sierra de las Minas-Motagua |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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The Alotepeque Range |
El Salvador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yalijux |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018. ♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 7Hummingbirds and the plants they visit in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, Raúl Ortiz-Pulido, S. Anaid Díaz, Oscar I. Valle-Díaz and Ana D. Fisher, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 83: 152-163, 2012 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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