Fiery-tailed awlbill

Fiery-tailed awlbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Avocettula
L. Reichenbach, 1849
Species: A. recurvirostris
Binomial name
Avocettula recurvirostris
(Swainson, 1822)

The fiery-tailed awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic for its genus.

It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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