- Many-spotted Hummingbird
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Many-spotted Hummingbird Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Taphrospilus
Simon, 1910Species: T. hypostictus Binomial name Taphrospilus hypostictus
(Gould, 1862)The Many-spotted Hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of the genus Taphrospilus, but is sometimes placed in Amazilia or Leucippus instead.
It is found in lower Andean foothils from Ecuador, through Peru and Bolivia, to north-western Argentina. Previously also listed for Brazil, but this now considered mistaken, it not being included on the official list by CBRO[1].
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
References
- ^ "Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos". Aves do Brasil. http://www.cbro.org.br/CBRO/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- BirdLife International 2004. Taphrospilus hypostictus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Trochilidae
- Birds of South America
- Birds of Ecuador
- Birds of Peru
- Birds of Bolivia
- Birds of Argentina
- Apodiformes stubs
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