Horned Sungem

Horned Sungem

Taxobox
name = Horned Sungem
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Heliactin"
genus_authority = F. Boie, 1831
species = "H. bilophus"
binomial = "Heliactin bilophus"
binomial_authority = (Temminck, 1820)
synonyms =
*"Heliactin bilopha" ("lapsus")
*"Heliactin bilophum" ("lapsus")
*"Heliactin cornutus" (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

The Horned Sungem ("Heliactin bilophus") is a South American hummingbird, the only species, (monotypic), of the genus "Heliactin". The scientific name "bilophus" is sometimes considered a "nomen oblitum", which, if accepted, results in "Heliactin cornutus" being the correct name for this species. It can achieve 90 wingbeats per second when it's hovering to drink nectar from flowers. A wingbeat is one complete up-and-down movement, which means that the horned sungem moves its wing muscles at a rate of more than 10,000 times per minute. It prefers fairly dry open or semi-open habitats, such as savanna and Cerrado. It avoids dense humid forest.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern.

External links

* [http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec86-296.html Mangoverde.com page with photos]
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/hornedsungem.html Another page with photos]
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Heliactin+bilophus Photo: (close-up)]
* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/servlet/InfoNatura?sourceTemplate=Ltabular_report.wmt&loadTemplate=Ldetail_report.wmt&selectedReport=&summaryView=Ltabular_report.wmt&elKey=650390&paging=home&save=true&startIndex=1&nextStartIndex=1&reset=false&offPageSelectedElKey=650390&offPageSelectedElType=species&offPageYesNo=true&selectedIndexes=650390#rangemap Horned Sunlgem rangemap] InfoNatura NatureServe
* [http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/8629500.htm Stamps] (for Brazil)
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=horned+sungem&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Horned Sungem photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Heliactin+bilophus Photo-High Res]


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