An endangered species, one of the two rarest Hermits in Brazil and one of the rarest hummingbirds in the world. I may only have been the 3rd person ever to photograph this species when this was taken in 2011. Restricted to a few remaining patches of coastal Atlantic Rainforest in Bahia. A bird such as this evokes both wonder at the amazing biodiversity of our planet, as well as sadness at what our species has done to it. Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil. Dec 2011.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
