Many-spotted hummingbird
| Many-spotted hummingbird | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Taphrospilus Simon, 1910 |
| Species: | T. hypostictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Taphrospilus hypostictus (Gould, 1862) | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Leucippus hypostictus | |
The many-spotted hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of the genus Taphrospilus, but is sometimes placed in Amazilia or Leucippus instead.
It is found in lower Andean foothills from Ecuador, through Peru and Bolivia, to north-western Argentina. Previously also listed for Brazil, but this now considered mistaken, it not being included on the official list by CBRO.[3]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Taphrospilus hypostictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Taphrospilus hypostictus on Avibase
- ↑ "Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos". Aves do Brasil. Retrieved 2007-09-07.