Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Hooded Visorbearer (Augastes lumachella) - HBW 5, p. 660
French: Colibri lumachelle
German: Goldmaskenkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Lumaquela
Taxonomy: Ornismya lumachella Lesson, 1838, Bahia, Brazil.
Affinities of genus unknown; song and nest pattern indicate relationship with Colibri. Species name often erroneously given as lumachellus, but original word comes from Italian and thus invariable in scientific nomenclature. Monotypic.
Distribution: Montane plateaux of Brazil (NE & C Bahia, Minas Gerais).
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A bird calling and flying away Locality Morro do Pái Inácio, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 January 2005 4 years ago 13 sec 4.9 -
A front view of a bird calling continuously Locality Morro do Pái Inácio, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 January 2005 4 years ago 48 sec 4.6 -
A male on a branch during a strong wind. Locality Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 25 February 2009 3 years ago 41 sec 4.4
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Male Hoooded Visorbearer stretching its wings
Locality Bahia State, Brazil
Stephen John Jones 21 December 2010 1 year ago 4.7 -
A male in flight
Locality Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 27 October 2008 2 years ago 4.4 -
Dorsal view of a perched male
Locality Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 27 October 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A male feeding
Locality Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 27 October 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
male showing very high fidelity to a certain bush(Ficus sp.?) thus easy to fotograph
Locality Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil
john kvarnbäck 24 February 2011 48 weeks ago 3 -
Bird in front of the Mount Tabor (Morrão).
Locality Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil
eduardoborges 26 February 2005 2 years ago 2
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Song from a perched male. Locality Morro do Pái Inácio, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 18 September 2007 2 years ago 3
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