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Visorbearer
Augastes lumachella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Polytminae
Genus: Augastes
Gould, 1849
Type species
Trochilus superbus[1]
Vieillot, 1822
Species

2, see text

The visorbearers are hummingbirds in the bitypic genus Augastes in the family Trochilidae.

Species

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The genus contains the following species:[2]

Genus Augastes Gould, 1849 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Hooded visorbearer

Augastes lumachella
(Lesson, 1839)
Brazil
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Hyacinth visorbearer

Augastes scutatus
(Temminck, 1824)

Three subspecies
  • A. s. scutatus
  • A. s. ilseae
  • A. s. soaresi
Brazil
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Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
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