Glow-throated Hummingbird

Glow-Throated Hummingbird

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Selasphorus
Species:	S. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future A vulnerable species is a Species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Hummingbirds are Birds in the family Trochilidae, and are endemic to the Americas. Selasphorus is a genus of Hummingbirds It contains the following Species: Scintillant Hummingbird, Selasphorus scintilla ardens

Binomial name

Selasphorus ardens
Salvin, 1870

The Glow-Throated Hummingbird, Colibri Ardent, or ColibrÍ Ardiente (Selasphorus ardens) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. Hummingbirds are Birds in the family Trochilidae, and are endemic to the Americas. Hummingbirds are Birds in the family Trochilidae, and are endemic to the Americas. It is found only in Panama. Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. Shrubland (synonymous with Scrubland) is a habitat type dominated by woody Shrubs A shrub is a perennial woody plant that branches at ground level to form several It is threatened by habitat loss. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present

Source

BirdLife International 2004. Selasphorus ardens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.

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