- Great-billed Hermit
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Great-billed Hermit Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Phaethornis Species: P. malaris Binomial name Phaethornis malaris
Nordmann, 1835The Great-billed Hermit (Phaethornis malaris) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The taxonomy of this species and the Long-tailed Hermit is confusing. Most taxa previously consider subspecies of the latter (insolitus, moorei, ochraceiventris, bolivianus and margarettae) are now considered subspecies of the former. A satisfactory taxonomic treatment of the entire P. longirostris/P. superciliosus/P. malaris group is still lacking according to some Neotropical ornithologists. [1] Additionally, the taxon margarettae of the Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil is sometimes considered a separate species: Margaretta's Hermit (P. margarettae).
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Phaethornis malaris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
- ^ "Proposal (#178) to South American Classification Committee". http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop178.html. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
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