description Sooty barbthroat Overview
The sooty barbthroat is a Threnetes hummingbird of French Guiana and northern Brazil, notable for its small range and dark throat and belly.
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What is the scientific name of the sooty barbthroat?
The sooty barbthroat is Threnetes niger, a hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. Carl Linnaeus formally described it in 1758 under the name Trochilus niger.
Where does the sooty barbthroat live?
The nominate form occurs in French Guiana and the northern Brazilian state of Amapá. It uses humid lowland forest, gallery forest, swamp forest, secondary forest, plantations, and other open or semi-open habitats.
What does the sooty barbthroat look like?
It has dark throat and belly areas, bronze-green upperparts, and a nearly straight bill. The species is a hermit hummingbird, and adult males and females look broadly similar.
Is the sooty barbthroat migratory?
It is generally regarded as a year-round resident across its range rather than a long-distance migrant. Its feeding behavior is not fully documented, but it is thought to use trap-line feeding routes like other hermit hummingbirds.
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