Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Glow-throated hummingbird (Selasphorus ardens), recorded as Endangered
Glow-throated hummingbird (Selasphorus ardens). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Glow-throated hummingbird

Selasphorus ardens

Glow-throated hummingbird is endemic to a small area of Panama.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Selasphorus ardens
CITES
Appendix II
Taxonomy
Aves · Apodiformes · Trochilidae · Selasphorus

Appearance

Both sexes have a short, straight, black bill. The adult male has bronzy green upperparts and the tail feathers are black with rufous edges. Its gorget is pinkish red with a white foreneck below it.

The glow-throated hummingbird is about 7 cm (2.8 in) long.

Range and habitat

The glow-throated hummingbird is found only in west-central Panama's Chiriquí and Veraguas provinces. It was historically found more widely in Serranía de Tabasará but since the early 20th century is known only from Cerro Colorado and Cerro Flores in Chiriquí and Cerro Tute and the Santa Fé district in Veraguas. It inhabits the edges and clearings of Talamancan montane forest at elevations between 750 and 1,800 m (2,500 and 5,900 ft).

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet and breeding

Nothing is known about the foraging behavior or diet of the glow-throated hummingbird. Nothing is known about the glow-throated hummingbird's breeding phenology.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Glow-throated hummingbird is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Glow-throated hummingbird, Wikidata item Q1274005. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Glow-throated hummingbird?
It is endemic to a small area of Panama.
What is the conservation status of Glow-throated hummingbird?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Selasphorus ardens. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Glow-throated hummingbird live?
It inhabits the edges and clearings of Talamancan montane forest at elevations between 750 and 1,800 m (2,500 and 5,900 ft).
Why is Glow-throated hummingbird in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Selasphorus ardens?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Glow-throated hummingbird a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.