Scale-throated hermit

The scale-throated hermit (Phaethornis eurynome) is a species in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae.

Scale-throated hermit

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Phaethornis
Species:
P. eurynome
Binomial name
Phaethornis eurynome
Lesson, 1832
Synonyms

Phaethornis nigrirostris Ruschi, 1973

It is found in the Atlantic forest in north-eastern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil, and eastern Paraguay. It is generally fairly common, and consequently considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International and IUCN.[1]

The supposed "black-billed hermit", described as P. nigrirostris, has turned out to be a mutant P. eurynome with an all-black bill.[2]

Footnotes
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Phaethornis eurynome". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Mallet-Rodrigues (2006)
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References
  • Mallet-Rodrigues, Francisco (2006): Táxons de aves de validade questionável com ocorrência no Brasil. III – Trochilidae (I) [Questionable bird taxa with occurrence in Brazil. III – Trochilidae (I)]. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 14(4): 475-479 [Portuguese with English abstract]. PDF fulltext


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