Black-throated hermit

Black-throated hermit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Phaethornis
Species: P. atrimentalis
Binomial name
Phaethornis atrimentalis
Lawrence, 1858

The black-throated hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. This small hermit is found in the western Amazon in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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