Hooded Visorbearer
Augastes lumachella(Lesson, RP, 1839)
English (US) Hooded Visorbearer
The Hooded Visorbearer (Augastes lumachella) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: locally in northeastern Brazilian plateaux (Bahia and Minas Gerais)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Augastes lumachella
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Hooded Visorbearer
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya lumachella
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
- Type locality
- Bahia.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 1(1838) p.315
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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