New Hummingbird Discovered in Peru
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 1st, 2009
Isabel Guerra writing from Peru notes that “Cesar Sanchez Morales, a scientist from Louisiana State University (US), identified 290 species during his 40-days stay at Cerros de Amotape National Park, in Tumbes region. During his visit, Sanchez identified for the first time a new species of hummingbird; the colirrojizo (red-tail), that had not been registered before.”
Perhaps the use of the name colirrojizo indicates it is ethnoknown locally. For Peru, there is also a locally seen bird with the Spanish name of mosquerito colirrojizo, which is known in English as the ruddy-tailed flycatcher, and in Latin, Terenotriccus erythrurus.
No photos or further info appears to be available yet on this new “red-tailed hummingbird” of Peru.
It is worthy of mentioning that there is a bird (pictured below) called the red-tailed comet (Sappho sparganura), which is a medium-sized hummingbird found in the central Andes of Bolivia and Argentina.
Martin Johnson Heade
Red-tailed Comet (hummingbird) in the Andes
Gift of Herbert W. Plimpton: The Hollis W. Plimpton (Class of 1915) Memorial Collection
For those that like to plan ahead, Mead Art Museum at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, has this forthcoming Faculty Lunchtime Talk:
December 4, 2009
12:00 p.m.
free to all
Rick Lopez Assistant Professor of History, will speak on the “Red-tailed Comet (hummingbird) in the Andes” by Martin Johnson Heade in this free, ten-minute gallery talk.
Here’s another new one: Laos’ bare-faced bulbul, Pycnonotus hualon, is the first Asian bulbul to be found in a century.
The discovery of the humingbird mentioned above puts an exclamation mark on what I called on my blog a very odd comment by Peter Clyne of the Wildlife Conservation Society. He said, “To find a new bird species is very rare these days. It’s not like we’re finding new species of birds every year.”
Actually, Peter, we are adding new species every year: granted, it’s just a few, but we are.
Yes, Matt, that new bulbul was noted here two days ago.
Obviously, Mr. Clyne is not reading the right blogs.
cool. thanx for the post Loren