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Tapajos Hermit

Phaethornis aethopygus

Vulnerable

पंखों का फैलाव

8.2 cm

वजन

3.0 g

कुल

Trochilidae

गण

Caprimulgiformes

के बारे में

A small hermit hummingbird (10-11 cm) found along the Tapajós River basin in central Brazil. Green plumage with rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Recently described as a species distinct from other Phaethornis hermits based on vocal and plumage differences.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
पंखों का फैलाव	8.2 cm	3.2 in
वजन	3.0 g	0.11 oz

पहचान

पंख

Small hermit; bronze-green upperparts with orange-buff rump; pale buff underparts with faint streaking; pale supercilium; white-tipped elongated central tail feathers; Amazonian species recently split; orange-buff rump distinctive among small hermits.

Habitat & Range

🌲 Forest

भौगोलिक वितरण

Found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, primarily along the Tapajós River and its tributaries. Resident in humid lowland forest undergrowth.

Diet & Feeding

Nectar generalist visiting a wide range of forest flowers; also catches small arthropods by aerial hawking.

संरक्षण स्थिति

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

ध्वनि

गीत

Rapid, bubbling series of soft notes; pleasant liquid twittering reminiscent of water over pebbles in a shallow stream.

वर्गिकी

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
गण	Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars & Swifts)
कुल	Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Genus	Phaethornis
प्रजातियां	Phaethornis aethopygus

Distribution

Tapajos Hermit has been recorded in 1 countries.

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उपस्थित Not recorded