golden-collared honeycreeper
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{{speciesbox
| name = Golden-collared honeycreeper
| image = Iridophanes pulcherrimus - Golden-collared Honeycreeper; Ecuador.jpg
| image_caption = Male in Ecuador
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Iridophanes
| parent_authority = Ridgway, 1901
| species = pulcherrimus
| authority = (P.L. Sclater, 1853)
| synonyms =
- Tangara pulcherrima (protonym)
- Chlorophanes pulcherrimus
| range_map = Iridophanes pulcherrimus map.svg
}}
The golden-collared honeycreeper (Iridophanes pulcherrimus) is an uncommon species of Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Iridophanes.
It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Taxonomy
The golden-collared honeycreeper was formally described in 1853 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater from a specimen collected near Bogotá in Colombia. He coined the binomial name Tangara pulcherrima.{{ cite journal | last=Sclater | first=Philip | author-link=Philip Sclater | year=1853 | title=Description de deux nouvelles espèces d'oiseaux | language=French | journal=Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée | series=2nd series | volume=5 | page=480 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13712006 }}{{ cite book | editor-last=Paynter | editor-first=Raymond A. Jr | year=1970 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=13 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | pages=385–386 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483620 }} It is now the only species placed in the genus Iridophanes that was erected by Robert Ridgway in 1901.{{ cite journal | last=Ridgway | first=Robert | author-link=Robert Ridgway | year=1901 | title=New birds of the families Tanagridae and Icteridae | journal=Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences | volume=3 | pages=149–155 [150] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872978 }}{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2020 | title=Tanagers and allies | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/tanagers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=23 October 2020 }} The genus name Iridophanes combines the Ancient Greek iris meaning "rainbow" and -phanēs meaning "showing". The specific epithet pulcherrimus is Latin for "very beautiful".{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=207, 324 }}
A molecular phylogenetic study of the tanager family published in 2014 found that the golden-collared honeycreeper and the green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) were sister species.{{cite journal| last1=Burns | first1=K.J. | last2=Shultz | first2=A.J. | last3=Title | first3=P.O. | last4=Mason | first4=N.A. | last5=Barker | first5=F.K. | last6=Klicka | first6=J. | last7=Lanyon | first7=S.M. | last8=Lovette | first8=I.J. | year=2014 | title=Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution| volume=75| pages=41–77 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006 | pmid=24583021 | url=https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3613&context=biosci_pubs | url-access=subscription }}
Two subspecies are recognised:
- I. p. pulcherrimus (Sclater, PL, 1853) – central Colombia through east Ecuador to south-central Peru
- I. p. aureinucha (Ridgway, 1879) – west Colombia to northwest Ecuador
References
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External links
- [https://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Iridophanes-pulcherrimus Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the golden-collared honeycreeper]
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Category:Birds of the Colombian Andes
Category:Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes
Category:Birds of the Peruvian Andes
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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