Horned sungem
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The horned sungem (Heliactin bilophus) is a species of hummingbird. It can make 90 wingbeats per second when it's hovering to drink nectar from flowers. A wingbeat is one complete up-and-down movement, which means that the horned sungem moves its wing muscles at a rate of about 5,400 times per minute. It lives in Bolivia, Brazil, and Suriname. It likes mostly dry open or semi-open habitats, such as savanna and Cerrado. It does not like thick humid forest.
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| Genus: | Heliactin |
| Species: | H. bilophus
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Horned Sungem Media
Drawing of the holotype specimen of the horned sungem as figured in the 1820 description of the species
Male near Serra do Cipó National Park
Horned Sungem (Heliactin bilophus)
Male filmed near Serra do Cipó National Park
