Saw-billed Hermit
Ramphodon naevius(Dumont, CHF, 1818)
English (US) Saw-billed Hermit
The Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius) 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: lowlands of southeastern Brazil (southern Minas Gerais to Santa Catarina)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ramphodon naevius
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Saw-billed Hermit
- Described by
- (Dumont, CHF, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus naevius
- Described by
- (Dumont, CHF, 1818)
- Type locality
- Mount Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Original description
- Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ...Par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi, et des principales écoles de Paris 10 p.55
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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