Many-spotted hummingbird
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Taphrospilus Simon, 1910 |
| Species: | T. hypostictus
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| Taphrospilus hypostictus (Gould, 1862)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Leucippus hypostictus | |
The many-spotted hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is the only member of the genus Taphrospilus.
It is found in lower Andean foothills from Ecuador, through Peru and Bolivia, to north-western Argentina. Previously also listed for Brazil, but this now considered mistaken, it not being included on the official list by CBRO.[3]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
in eastern Ecuador showing spots
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Taphrospilus hypostictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687503A93155454. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687503A93155454.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Taphrospilus hypostictus". Avibase.
- ^ "Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos". Aves do Brasil. Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
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