The Guanacaste hummingbird, also known as the Alfaro's hummingbird or Miravalles hummingbird[2] (Saucerottia alfaroana), is a possibly extinct species of hummingbird known only from a holotype collected in 1895 at the Miravalles Volcano in Costa Rica.
| Guanacaste hummingbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Saucerottia |
| Species: | S. alfaroana
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| Binomial name | |
| Saucerottia alfaroana (Underwood, 1896)
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| Synonyms | |
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Amazilia alfaroana | |
Taxonomy
editIt is usually treated as a subspecies of the Indigo-capped hummingbird or a hybrid between two unknown hummingbird species, but analysis of the holotype suggests it is its own species.[3]
Conservation
editIt is possibly extinct, but the ecological stability of the area where the specimen was found indicates a possible undiscovered population still existing.[4] The IUCN classifies it as critically endangered.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b BirdLife International. (2021). "Amazilia alfaroana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T119194112A178574309. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T119194112A178574309.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Government of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada (2009-10-08). "AMAZILIA ALFAROANA [1 record] - TERMIUM Plus® — Search - TERMIUM Plus®". www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ Kirwan, Guy M.; Collar, Nigel J. (2016-11-10). "The 'foremost ornithological mystery of Costa Rica': Amazilia alfaroana Underwood, 1896". Zootaxa. 4189 (2): zootaxa.4189.2.2. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4189.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27988731.
- ^ "Lost Birds". re:wild. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
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