Species profile
Horned Sungem
Heliactin bilophus
Quick answer
Extreme s Suriname to interior Brazil and adjacent e Bolivia
- Scientific name
- Heliactin bilophus
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Heliactin
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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- Andean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella)