Tapajos Hermit
Phaethornis aethopygusZimmer, JT, 1950
English (US) Tapajos Hermit
The Tapajos Hermit (Phaethornis aethopygus) 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: central Amazonian Brazil, east of the Rio Tapajós and Rio Teles PeresRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phaethornis aethopygus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Tapajos Hermit
- Described by
- Zimmer, JT, 1950
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phaethornis longuemareus aethopyga
- Described by
- Zimmer, JT, 1950
- Type locality
- Caxiricatuba, right bank Rio Tapajoz, Brazil
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.1449 p.48
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Hummingbirds
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Great-billed Hermit
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Dusky-throated Hermit
Phaethornis squalidus
Streak-throated Hermit
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Little Hermit
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Minute Hermit
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Cinnamon-throated Hermit
Phaethornis nattereri
Black-throated Hermit
Phaethornis atrimentalis
Stripe-throated Hermit
Phaethornis striigularis
Grey-chinned Hermit
Phaethornis griseogularis
Reddish Hermit
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