| Black jacobin | |
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| Adult in Reserva Guainumbi, São Luis do Paraitinga, São Paulo, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Florisuga |
| Species: | F. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Florisuga fusca Vieillot, 1817 | |
| Synonyms | |
| Melanotrochilus fuscus (Vieillot, 1817) | |
The black jacobin (Florisuga fusca), previously placed in the monotypic Melanotrochilus, is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in or near the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina. It is generally common, and therefore considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International and consequently the IUCN. Adults of both sexes are overall black with green-tinged back and wing-coverts, and white lower flanks and outer rectrices. The white in the tail is often flashed conspicuously in flight. The commonly seen immatures, sometimes incorrectly referred to as "females", have a distinctive rufous patch in the malar region.
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References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Florisuga fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- "Black Jacobin media". Internet Bird Collection.