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SCALE-THROATED HERMIT Phaethornis eurynome ATLANTIC FOREST
Hermits are a large and distinctive group of hummingbirds with long tails and long, downcurved bills. The bill may look a little bit unwieldy, but for the hermit it is like a key to a door, fitting perfectly into long, trumpet-shaped flowers and allowing them access to a nectar store that other species cannot reach.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3391PH) Adult ventral feeding, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3392PH) Same individual dorsal (Alberto Esquivel November 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3393PH) Adult lateral feeding, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3394PH) Adult ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Bernard Oosterbaan March 2008).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3395PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3396PH) Upperwing same individual, lacking elongated central tail feathers (Paul Smith February2007).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3398VI) Adult perched, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith August 2012).
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Phaethornis eurynome
1 (FPAVE3397RE) Foraging call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
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