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Photo by Ian Hardy
Location: Serra dos Tucanos, SE Brazil, November 2010

Aphantochroa cirrochloris

Campylopterus cirrochloris

[edit] Identification

Dull hummingbird, decurved black bill, white postocular spot, diamond pattern on under-tail coverts, white at the base of the legs and coppery sheen on the back.

[edit] Distribution

Brazil

[edit] Taxonomy

Photo by bowerbird
Location: SE Brazil

Some authorities¹ place this species in the genus Campylopterus.

This species is monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019.

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