Black-throated hermit

The black-throated hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. This small hermit is found in the western Amazon in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its diet pertains to anthropods and flowering plants such as Costus, Aechmea, Palicourea and Drymonia.[2]

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

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Phaethornis atrimentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Black-throated Hermit - Introduction | Neotropical Birds Online". neotropical.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-23.


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