Hyacinth visorbearer
Appearance
Hyacinth visorbearer | |
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In SE Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Augastes |
Species: | A. scutatus
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Binomial name | |
Augastes scutatus Temminck, 1822
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The hyacinth visorbearer (Augastes scutatus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
It is endemic to Brazil.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Augastes scutatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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(help) - ^ Wheatley, Nigel (2014). Where to Watch Birds in South America. Princeton University Press. p. 120. ISBN 9781400864010. Retrieved 23 June 2019.