Hyacinth visorbearer

Hyacinth visorbearer
In SE Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Augastes
Species: A. scutatus
Binomial name
Augastes scutatus
Temminck, 1822

The hyacinth visorbearer (Augastes scutatus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.

It is found only in Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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