Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hummingbirds :: Horned Sungem

Horned Sungem Heliactin bilopha

Described by: Wied (1821)
Alternate common name(s): Sungem, Horned Hummingbird
Old scientific name(s): Heliactin bilophum, Heliactin cornuta

Photographs

Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil - Jul, 2002 © Arthur Grosset  Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil - Jul, 2002 © Arthur Grosset  Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil - Jul, 2002 © Arthur Grosset  Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil - Aug 24, 2007 © Jean-Philippe Paris 
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Range

Sc. tropical South America;
Two populations;
C. and e. Brazil (Bahia, Chapada Diamantina) and adjacent e. Bolivia. Small isolated population in ex. s. Surinam.

Videos

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Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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