Straight-billed hermit
| Straight-billed hermit | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Phaethornis |
| Species: | P. bourcieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaethornis bourcieri Lesson, 1832 | |
The straight-billed hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri) is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family, the hummingbirds.
It is found in the Guyanas of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana; also the northern Amazon basin of Brazil, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; it is in eastern Venezuela and the Orinoco River Basin. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Phaethornis bourcieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Stamps (for Suriname) inaccurate ~RangeMap
- Straight-billed hermit photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res-(Close-up)
- Photo-High Res-(Close-up); Article--(with Close-up of Photo no. 2); Photo no. 2 www1.nhl.nl—"Birds in Suriname"
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