Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Fiery-tailed Awlbill (Anthracothorax recurvirostris) - HBW 5, p. 560
French: Colibri avocette
German: Schwarzbauch-Avosettkolibri
Spanish: Mango Picolezna
Other common names: Swainson’s Hummingbird, Fiery-tailed Avocetbill
Taxonomy: Trochilus recurvirostris Swainson, 1822, Peru; error = Cayenne.
Normally placed in monospecific genus Avocettula, mainly due to remarkable form of bill; other details of morphology, however, together with behaviour and nest structure, support positioning within Anthracothorax. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Venezuela (Bolívar) and the Guianas to NC Brazil (lower Amazon E to Maranhão and Piauí); E Ecuador (Napo Valley).
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A male on a thin branch stretching the wings and tail, scratching the head repeatedly and finally flying away. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 3.8 -
A male stretching the wings and tail three times and then shaking the plumage. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 3 -
A male preening. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 32 sec 3 -
A male on a thin branch scratching the head persistently. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 41 sec 3 -
A male preening, making a short flight after a little insect and coming back to keep preening. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 19 sec 2.8 -
A male preening, protruding the tongue and stretching twice the wings and tail. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 27 sec 2.7
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A male stretching the wings and tail, with the bill slightly open.
Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 2 -
A male stretching the wings and tail.
Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 2 -
A male perched.
Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 1.8
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Several 'tzip' calls given by a male just when starting to fly away from its perch. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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