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;[[: Category:Eugenes|Eugenes]] fulgens
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'''Magnificent Hummingbird''' may refer to one of two species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Magnificent Hummingbird''' (''Eugenes fulgens''):
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==Identification==
 
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13 cm. Long, straight or nearly straight, black bill, green-bronze upperparts, becoming more bronzed on the black-tipped tail. Male shows violet  crown, bright blue throat, black  head, white spot behind the eye. The chest is green-bronze and the belly grey. Female has bronze-green upperparts and dull grey underparts. There is a white stripe behind her eye. Immature birds are like the female, but darker and browner.
 
  
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==Distribution==
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*'''[[Rivoli's Hummingbird]]''' - ''Eugenes fulgens''
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Southwest [[United States]] to northeast [[Nicaragua]]. Accidental vagrant to [[Kansas]].
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*'''[[Talamanca Hummingbird]]''' - ''Eugenes spectabilis''
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==Taxonomy==
 
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
 
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It was formerly considered conspecific with [[Talamanca Hummingbird]] under the name [[Magnificent Hummingbird]].
 
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==Habitat==
 
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Mountains, and montane forests.
 
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==Behaviour==
 
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The female builds a cup shaped nest in bamboo. Two (2) white eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 15-19 days; the young fledge 20-26 days later.
 
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Diet includes nectar,  and some small insects.
 
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==References==
 
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker15V5.3}}
 
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{{ref}}
 
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==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Eugenes+fulgens}}
 
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[[Category:Birds]][[category:Eugenes]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:48, 3 September 2017

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Magnificent Hummingbird may refer to one of two species previously considered conspecific under the name Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens):

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