- Augastes lumachella
Identification
The most significant feature is its iridescent green "visor" which is only really noticeable when the bird is looking straight at you as in the photo below right. This is also when you see the bright orange at the bottom of the throat showing on top of a white collar. This gives rise to its local Brazilian name of "gravatinho" or "little necktie".
Note also the white spot behind the eye and the copper coloured tail feathers.
Photo by arthurgrosset, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, March 2004
Distribution
South America: an endemic from a small area of Bahia of north-eastern Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1]. The scientific name has in the past been given as Augastes lumachellus.
Habitat
It is found in the "campos rupestres" or montane scrub, restricted altitudinally to between 900 and 2,000 metres above sea level.
Behaviour
Diet
It feeds on nectar from cacti and flowering shrubs as well as on insects.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Arthur Grosset
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hooded Visorbearer. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hooded_Visorbearer
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