Many-spotted hummingbird

The many-spotted hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is the only member of the genus Taphrospilus, but is sometimes placed in Amazilia or Leucippus instead.

Many-spotted hummingbird

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Taphrospilus
Simon, 1910
Species:
T. hypostictus
Binomial name
Taphrospilus hypostictus
(Gould, 1862)
Range map
Synonyms[2]

Leucippus hypostictus

It is found in lower Andean foothills 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.[3]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

in eastern Ecuador showing spots

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Taphrospilus hypostictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Taphrospilus hypostictus". Avibase.
  3. "Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos". Aves do Brasil. Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-09-07.


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