Needle-billed hermit | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Phaethornis |
Species: | P. philippii |
Binomial name | |
Phaethornis philippii (Bourcier, 1847) |
The needle-billed hermit (Phaethornis philippii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in western Brazil, Peru and northwestern Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.