Information about Hook Billed Hermit

Hook-Billed Hermit
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Genus:Glaucis
Species:G. dohrnii
Binomial name
Glaucis dohrnii
Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852
Synonyms
Ramphodon dohrnii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852)
The Hook-Billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Brazil, within the east/southeast coastal regions, (see rangemaps). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Apodiformes
Peters, 1940

Families

Apodidae
Hemiprocnidae
Trochilidae
Fossil forms, see text

Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes
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Trochilidae
Vigors, 1825

Subfamilies

Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae

For a taxonomic list of genera, see:
  • List of hummingbirds in taxonomic order
For an alphabetic species list, see:
  • Alphabetic species list



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Glaucis

Glaucis is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus)
  • Hook-Billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii)
  • Rufous-Breasted Hermit (

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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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In scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names used for a single taxon. Usage and terminology are different for zoology and botany.

Zoology

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Trochilidae
Vigors, 1825

Subfamilies

Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae

For a taxonomic list of genera, see:
  • List of hummingbirds in taxonomic order
For an alphabetic species list, see:
  • Alphabetic species list



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Trochilidae
Vigors, 1825

Subfamilies

Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae

For a taxonomic list of genera, see:
  • List of hummingbirds in taxonomic order
For an alphabetic species list, see:
  • Alphabetic species list



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Motto
Ordem e Progresso   (Portuguese)
"Order and Progress"
Anthem
Hino Nacional Brasileiro
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Habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits") is the area where a particular species lives. It is essentially the natural environment in which an organism lives—at least the physical environment—that surrounds (influences and is utilized by) a species population.
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Habitat destruction is a process of land use change in which one habitat-type is removed and replaced with another habitat-type. In the process of land-use change, plants and animals which previously used the site are displaced or destroyed, reducing biodiversity.
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