Hyacinth Visorbearer
Augastes scutatus (Temminck, 1824)
Spanish: Colibrí Colaceleste
The Hyacinth Visorbearer (Augastes scutatus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae (mangoes). It weighs about 3.0 g and its bill is 18.2 mm long. It is found only in Brazil. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 3.0 g, about 3 paperclips
- Bill
- 18.2 mm
- Lives in
- Shrubland
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
- Endemic
- Found only in Brazil
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Polytminae mangoes
- Genus Augastes visorbearers
What Augastes share: Males have a glittering 'visor' over the face. Both species live only in the highlands of eastern Brazil.
Where it lives · 1 country
Others in the genus Augastes
- Hooded Visorbearer Augastes lumachella
Sources
Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.
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