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Amazilia luciae (Honduran Emerald)

Synonyms: Thaumatias luciae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Honduran emerald (Amazilia luciae) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. This bird is found only in Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
View Wikipedia Record: Amazilia luciae

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Amazilia luciae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
43
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.34844
EDGE Score: 3.54926
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Attributes

Breeding Habitat [1]  Tropical dry forests
Wintering Geography [1]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [1]  Tropical dry forests
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  90 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  70 %
Forages - Understory [2]  30 %
Clutch Size [3]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central American Atlantic moist forests Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
El Arenal Biological Reserve   Honduras      
Pico Bonito National Park - Buffer Zone 138552 Honduras    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Prey / Diet

Aphelandra scabra (Arizona foldwing)[4]
Helicteres guazaumifolia[4]
Opuntia hondurensis[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 2Hamish 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
♦ 3Jetz 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
♦ 4BirdLife International (2012) Species factsheet: Amazilia luciae. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/09/2012.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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