Species profile
Tapajos Hermit
Phaethornis aethopygus
Quick answer
Central Amazonian Brazil, east of the Tapajos and Teles Peres rivers
- Scientific name
- Phaethornis aethopygus
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Phaethornis
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
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