Aglaiocercus berlepschi

Overview

Endangered

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: It lives on coastal slopes in scrub and forest in the subtropical montane zone up to 1,800 m. The species is thought to be less susceptible to removal of undergrowth from forest for coffee growing than other species1.[1]

List of Habitats :1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Apodimorphae ()
        Order: Apodiformes () - Swifts and Tree Swifts
        Family: Trochilidae ()
        Genus: Aglaiocercus ()
        Specific name: berlepschi
        Scientific name: - Aglaiocercus berlepschi (E. Hartert, 1898)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Aglaiocercus

There are approximately 19 species in this genus:

A. berlepschi · A. coelestis (Violet-Tailed Sylph) · A. coelestis aethereus · A. coelestis coelestis (Violet-Tailed Sylph) · A. coelestris · A. emmae · A. emmae caudata · A. kingi (Long-Tailed Sylph) · A. kingii (Long-Tailed Sylph) · A. kingii berlepschi · A. kingii mocoa · A. kingi berlepschi · A. kingi caudata · A. kingi caudatus · A. kingi emmae · A. kingi kingi (Long-Tailed Sylph) · A. kingi margarethae · A. kingi mocoa · A. kingi smaragdinus

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Notes

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Contributors

BirdLife International 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2474638
IUCN ID: 64437
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963157

Footnotes

BirdLife International 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]