Tres Marias hummingbird

The Tres Marías hummingbird (Cynanthus lawrencei) is a species of hummingbird formerly considered to be a subspecies of the broad-billed hummingbird, having been accorded species status in 2014. It is only found in the Islas Marías island group off the west coast of Mexico.

Tres Marias hummingbird

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Cynanthus
Species:
C. lawrencei
Binomial name
Cynanthus lawrencei
Berlepsch, 1887

Description

Adults of this species appear almost identical to the broad-billed hummingbird, with a slight differences in throat color, which is turquoise green, not sapphire blue; a bronzy-green breast, instead of turquoise-blue; and dark grey, not pale, undertail coverts.

It is also similar to the other species split from the broad-billed hummingbird, the Doubleday's hummingbird, which occurs on the southern coast of Mexico.[2]

Conservation

The Tres Marías hummingbird is currently listed as near threatened by the IUCN. While little is currently known about population trends, it is likely that it is under pressure from habitat destruction through farming and wood-cutting, and predation by invasive species. Total population size is estimated to be below 2500 mature individuals.[1]

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References
  1. BirdLife International (2014). "Cynanthus lawrencei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (1999). Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
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