Biology:Visorbearer
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Short description: Genus of birds
Visorbearer | |
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Augastes lumachella | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Polytminae |
Genus: | Augastes Gould, 1849 |
Type species | |
Trochilus superbus[1] Vieillot, 1822
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Species | |
2, see text |
The visorbearers are hummingbirds in the bitypic genus Augastes in the family Trochilidae.
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Hooded visorbearer | Augastes lumachella (Lesson, 1839) |
Brazil |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Hyacinth visorbearer | Augastes scutatus (Temminck, 1824) Three subspecies
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Brazil |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
- ↑ "Trochilidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=80.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q733306 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visorbearer.
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