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Buff-bellied Hermit
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Buff-bellied Hermit
Phaethornis subochraceus
The buff-bellied hermit (Phaethornis subochraceus) is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family, the hummingbirds. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
From the article Buff-bellied hermit on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The buff-bellied hermit is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 3.5 to 4 g (0.12 to 0.14 oz). It has metallic green upperparts and ochre to buff underparts. The innermost pair of tail feathers are longer than the others and all have white tips.
Range & habitat
The buff-bellied hermit is found in the eastern Andean foothills of Bolivia from southern Beni to eastern Santa Cruz departments and into the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. It has also been recorded as a vagrant in Paraguay. It inhabits the understory of several landscapes including deciduous and semi-deciduous forest, secondary forest, open woodland, and shrubland. In elevation it ranges from 150 to 800 m (490 to 2,600 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The buff-bellied hermit feeds on nectar from a wide variety of flowering plants and also on small arthropods.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5656.