Kolibri (Hummingbirds)
White-necked Jacobin
Florisuga mellivora
- langka
- 56 km/h
- Risiko rendah
About 20% of females develop full male plumage. Evolution is still deciding. Bold blue head, white belly, maximum confusion.
- Populasi
- 5,000,000–50,000,000 mature individuals globally; population trend is decreasing (moderate decline).
- Habitat
- Canopy and edges of humid lowland forest, also semi-open landscapes such as secondary forest, gallery forest, and shaded coffee/cacao plantations; from sea level to about 900 m elevation.
- Fakta menarik
- Although it does not hold a permanent feeding territory of its own, the White-necked Jacobin is notably pugnacious, often aggressively chasing other hummingbirds away from a flowering tree it is currently visiting.
- Sebaran
- Southern Mexico through Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) into northern and central South America — Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil — plus Trinidad and Tobago.
- Makanan
- Primarily nectar from flowering trees, epiphytes, shrubs, and Heliconia; supplements with small arthropods/insects caught by hawking, hovering, darting, or sallying from perches.
- Ukuran
- 0,115 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,2 tahun
