| Needle-billed hermit | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Phaethornis |
| Species: | P. philippii |
| Binomial name | |
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Phaethornis philippii (Bourcier, 1847) |
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The needle-billed hermit (Phaethornis philippii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in western Brazil, Peru and northwestern Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.