Guanacaste hummingbird explained

The guanacaste hummingbird or Alfero's hummingbird[1] (Amazilia alfaroana) is a possibly extinct species of hummingbird known only from a holotype collected in 1895 at the Miravalles Volcano in Costa Rica.

Taxonomy

It 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.[2]

Conservation

It is possibly extinct, but the ecological stability of the area where the specimen was found indicates a possible undiscovered population still existing.[3] The IUCN classifies it as critically endangered.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Government of Canada . Public Services and Procurement Canada . 2009-10-08 . AMAZILIA ALFAROANA [1 record] - TERMIUM Plus® — Search - TERMIUM Plus® ]. 2022-04-20 . www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca.
  2. 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.2.2 . 1175-5334 . 27988731.
  3. Web site: Lost Birds . 2022-04-20 . re:wild . en.