White-tipped Sicklebill

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White-tipped Sicklebill
File:Eutoxeres aquila.jpg
From Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Eutoxeres
Species: E. aquila
Binomial name
Eutoxeres aquila
Bourcier, 1847

The White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama of Central America, and Colombia, Ecuador, and far northern Peru. There is also a single recent record from Mérida in Venezuela.

Its natural habitat is the undergrowth of subtropical or tropical humid lowland or montane forest.Its curved bill helps it reach nectar deep in its favorite flower.

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External links

fr:Bec-en-faucille aigle

hu:Sarlóscsőrű kolibri nl:Haaksnavelkolibrie pl:Orłodziobek ciemnosterny zh:白尾尖镰嘴蜂鸟

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