Blue-headed hummingbird

The blue-headed hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Blue-headed hummingbird
Blue-headed hummingbird in Morne Diablotins National Park, Dominica
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Riccordia
Species:
R. bicolor
Binomial name
Riccordia bicolor
(Gmelin, 1788)

Distribution and habitat

It is found only in Dominica and Martinique. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.

Taxonomy

It was formerly placed in the genus Chlorostilbon. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Chlorostilbon was polyphyletic.[3] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the blue-headed hummingbird was moved to the resurrected genus Riccordia.[4][5]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Cyanophaia bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
  4. Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3. PMID 29245495.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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