Hook-billed Hermit
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| Hook-Billed Hermit | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Glaucis |
| Species: | G. dohrnii |
| Binomial name | |
| Glaucis dohrnii Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ramphodon dohrnii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) |
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The Hook-Billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii) is an endangered species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid forests in eastern Brazil, with recent records from the states of Espírito Santo and Bahia only. It resembles the far commoner Rufous-breasted Hermit, but has a straighter bill and lacks rufous in the tail. It is threatened by habitat loss and changing migration patterns.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Glaucis dohrnii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
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