purseshaped

Updated: May 14, 2025

The Phaethorninae are certainly more numerousin the Amazons region that the Trochilinae. They are long and purseshaped. The young when first hatched have very much shorter bills than their parents. Snakes were very numerous at Caripi; many harmless species were found near the house, and these sometimes came into the rooms.

Henry Walter Bates - The Naturalist on the River Amazons