Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Trochilidae > Panterpe > Panterpe insignisPanterpe insignis (Fiery-throated Hummingbird)The fiery-throated hummingbird (Panterpe insignis) is a medium-sized hummingbird which breeds only in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. It is the only member of the genus Panterpe. This is a common to abundant bird of montane forest canopy above 1400 m, and also occurs in scrub at the woodland edges and clearings. This bird is 11 cm long and weighs 5.7 g. It has a straight black bill and dusky feet. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 11.3145 EDGE Score: 2.51078 |
Adult Weight [1] | 5.5 grams | | Breeding Habitat [2] | Tropical cloud forests | Wintering Geography [2] | Non-migrartory | Wintering Habitat [2] | Tropical cloud forests | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 10 % | Diet - Nectar [3] | 90 % | Forages - Canopy [3] | 80 % | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 20 % | | Clutch Size [4] | 2 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Talamancan montane forests |
Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Arenal-Monteverde |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Central Volcanic Cordillera |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cerro Santiago |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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El Rodeo, Cerros de Escazú and La Carpintera |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Fortuna Forest Reserve |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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La Amistad International Park |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Palo Seco Protection Forest |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Talamanca Highlands |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tilarán Highlands |
Costa Rica |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Volcán Barú National Park |
Panama |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
Yes |
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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. ♦ 3Hamish 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 ♦ 4Jetz 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 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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