Needle-billed hermit

Needle-billed hermit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Phaethornis
Species: P. philippii
Binomial name
Phaethornis philippii
(Bourcier, 1847)

The needle-billed hermit (Phaethornis philippii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, August 03, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.