| Koepcke's Hermit Phaethornis koepckeae |
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Aconabikh Reserve, San Martin, Peru October 2018 Koepcke's Hermit is endemic to Peru where it is found in the forest understorey on the eastern slopes of the Andes at between 450 and 1,300 metres. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. |
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Because of its low population and the threat to its habitat it is classified as Near
Threatened.
Distinguishing features are the long, straight bill, the tawny belly the whitish throat and the greyish whiskers. |
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Maria Koepcke was a German ornithologist who went to Peru in 1950 and was killed in an air crash in Amazonia in 1971. | |||
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