Broad-tipped Hermit (Anopetia gounellei)
(aka Phaethornis gounellei - see HBW, Volume 5, Page 539)
Broad-tipped Hermit, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, July 2002 - click for larger image Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
July 2002

The Broad-tipped Hermit is a Brazilian endemic found in north-east Brazil from Piauí to Bahia.

It inhabits caatinga woodland and semi-deciduous forest between 500 m and 700 m above sea level.
The "broad tips" are the white tips to the tail feathers. Upperparts are bronzy-green while underparts are brownish. The bill is decurved.

There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 5, Page 536; and Sick, Plate 45.
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