Many-spotted Hummingbird
Taphrospilus hypostictus(Gould, J, 1862)
English (US) Many-spotted Hummingbird
The Many-spotted Hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus) 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: east slope of the Andes from Ecuador to southern Bolivia and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Taphrospilus hypostictus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Many-spotted Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1862)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Aphantochroa hyposticta
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1862)
- Type locality
- Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862, pt.1 p.124
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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