Scale-throated hermit
| Scale-throated hermit | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Phaethornis |
| Species: | P. eurynome |
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Phaethornis eurynome Lesson, 1832 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Phaethornis nigrirostris Ruschi, 1973 |
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Phaethornis nigrirostris Ruschi, 1973
The scale-throated hermit (Phaethornis eurynome) is a species in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae.
It is found in the Atlantic forest in north-eastern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil, and eastern Paraguay. It is generally fairly common, and consequently considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International and IUCN.
The supposed "black-billed hermit", described as P. nigrirostris, has turned out to be a mutant P. eurynome with an all-black bill.
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