Visorbearer
Genus of birds
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The visorbearers are hummingbirds in the bitypic genus Augastes in the family Trochilidae.
| Visorbearer | |
|---|---|
| |
| Augastes lumachella | |
Scientific 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 | |
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2, see text | |
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooded visorbearer
|
Augastes lumachella (Lesson, 1839) |
Brazil |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Hyacinth visorbearer
|
Augastes scutatus (Temminck, 1824) Three subspecies
|
Brazil |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
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