The hooded visorbearer is a small species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. Endemic to the east Brazilian state of Bahia, it is found only at higher altitudes in the Chapada Diamantina region. The species is sexually dimorphic. The male is an iridescent bronzy-green overall, with black on his crown and the sides of his head. His forehead and throat are a glittering green shading to bluish-green at the lower edge and narrowly bordered by black. The female is bronzer, with a green crown and brown sides to her head. Her throat is less colorful than the male's, and she lacks iridescence on her forehead. Both sexes have crimson tails and a narrow white breast band, the male with a brilliantly iridescent golden-orange spot in the center, at the lower edge of his gorget. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Lesson, RP 1839)
Reference:
Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne
1(1838) p.315
Protonym:
Ornismya lumachella
Avibase ID:
DFFC8C88E56E1670
Avibase ID:
avibase-DFFC8C88
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DFFC8C88
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 693171
Geographic range:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Colibri lumachelle ( Augastes lumachella) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Colibri lumachelle ( Augastes lumachellus) |
Clements 1st edition: Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachellus) |
Clements, version 2021: Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
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eBird version 1.50: Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Hooded Visor-bearer ( Augastes lumachellus) |
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachellus) |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Augastes lumachellus |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Augastes lumachellus |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Augastes lumachellus |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachellus) |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachellus) |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachellus) |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Hooded Visorbearer ( Augastes lumachella) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Augastes lumachella |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Augastes lumachella |
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Species status: full species
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