Hyacinth visorbearer
| Hyacinth visorbearer | |
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| In SE Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 found only in Brazil. 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.
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