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Hyacinth visorbearer

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Hyacinth visorbearer
In SE Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Augastes
Species:
A. scutatus
Binomial name
Augastes scutatus
Temminck, 1822

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

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Augastes scutatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ Wheatley, Nigel (2014). Where to Watch Birds in South America. Princeton University Press. p. 120. ISBN 9781400864010. Retrieved 23 June 2019.