Hook-billed Hermit
Glaucis dohrnii(Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1852)
English (US) Hook-billed Hermit
The Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii) 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: coastal southeastern Brazil (Bahia and EspĂrito Santo)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Glaucis dohrnii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Hook-billed Hermit
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1852)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus dohrnii
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ, 1852)
- Type locality
- Ecuador, error = Rio de Janeiro by restriction of Pinto, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 22, 1938, p. 248.
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie (2), 4 p.139
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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