Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Horned Sungem (Heliactin bilopha) - HBW 5, p. 663

French: Colibri aux huppes d’or German: Goldhauben-Schmuckkolibri Spanish: Colibrí Cornudito
Other common names: Sungem, Horned Hummingbird

Taxonomy: Trochilus bilophus Temminck, 1820, Brazil.
Species of uncertain systematic position; external morphology and behaviour indicate close affinities with Heliothryx and Loddigesia. Species name has normally been given as H. cornuta, but bilopha has priority by one year. Monotypic.

Distribution: Extreme S Surinam through CN, E & C Brazil (Amapá; Maranhão to Alagoas and Bahia S to São Paulo and W to W Mato Grosso, irregularly to Rondônia) to E Bolivia (Santa Cruz); also reported from Acre (extreme W Brazil).