Sooty-capped Hermit

Sooty-capped Hermit

Taxobox
name = Sooty-capped Hermit
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Phaethornis"
species = "P. augusti"
binomial = "Phaethornis augusti"
binomial_authority = (Bourcier, 1847)
The Sooty-capped Hermit ("Phaethornis augusti") is a hummingbird from Venezuela, Colombia and Guyana. It builds one of the most remarkable nests which hangs by a single stout cable of spiders' silk from some overhead support. These curious nests have been found beneath bridges, in highway culverts, and hanging from the roof inside dark buildings. As far as is known, most other hermits build rather similar nests.

The binomial commemorates the French entomologist Auguste Sallé.

References

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


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