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The Eastern Long-tailed Hermit is a large hummingbird species found in the tropical forests of eastern South America, particularly within the Amazon Basin and Brazil. It is distinguished by its remarkably elongated central tail feathers and a long, distinctly curved bill adapted for extracting necta...
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Dramatic tail, curved bill, large size, and specialized forest ecology earn strong naturalist regard despite modest public recognition.
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Baron's hermit, Phaethornis baroni, is a hummingbird in the hermit group and is endemic to western Ecuador. It is associated with humid forest and forest-edge habitats in that region. Like other hermit hummingbirds, it has a long, curved bill and often forages along repeated routes rather than defen...
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