Birds of the World - Phaethornis

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Tapajos Hermit (Phaethornis aethopygus) Vulnerable Range: SA: Tapajós-Xingu interfluvium in Brazil (Para)


Pale-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis anthophilus anthophilus) Range: MA, SA: Panama to Venezuela ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia Thinner than the Long-billed Hermit, and with a speckled throat.
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Perched.
If seen from below, the lower mandible is red.


Black-throated Hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis riojae) Range: SA: Colombia to n Peru Waqanki Lodge, San Martín, Peru
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Sooty-capped Hermit (Phaethornis augusti) Range: SA: n La Azulita, Venezuela
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Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri bourcieri) Range: SA: n Amazonia Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia Note pale belly and long straight bill.
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Scale-throated Hermit (Phaethornis eurynome) Range: SA: se Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
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Compare to Planalto Hermit.


Grey-chinned Hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis) Range: SA: w, n Amazonia and nw Peru Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
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Grey-chinned Hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis griseogularis) Range: SA: w, n Amazonia and nw Peru Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
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Note small size.


Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy coruscus) Female Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to se Peru Monteverde, Costa Rica Note mask on female.
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A relatively large hermit, with distinctive coloration. A bit more likely to leave the forest than most hermits.


White-bearded Hermit (Phaethornis hispidus) Range: SA: w, c Amazonia Puerto Maldonado, Peru
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Feeding at flowers.


Minute Hermit (Phaethornis idaliae) Range: SA: se Brazil Cabo Frio, Brazil
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Koepcke's Hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae) Near Threatened Range: SA: Peru Peru
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Koepcke's Hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae) Near Threatened Range: SA: Peru Madre de Dios, Peru
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.


Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris cephalus) Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to n Colombia, w Ecuador and nw Peru Soberania National Park, Panama
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Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris cephalus) Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to n Colombia, w Ecuador and nw Peru Soberania National Park, Panama
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A large hummingbird with a long central tail feather.


Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) Range: SA: ne Venezuela and the Guianas French Guiana
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE © All Rights Reserved.


Great-billed Hermit (Phaethornis malaris bolivianus) Range: SA: Amazonia and e Brazil Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru
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A large hermit, the Amazon version of Long-billed Hermit, with no overlap. Also similar to Long-tailed Hermit but that species has a 'gular stripe' from chin to neck (HBW).
Bird at active net with two white eggs.


Mexican Hermit (Phaethornis mexicanus griseoventer) Range: MA: w, sw Mexico La Bajada, Nayarit, Mexico
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Split from the Long-billed Hermit, and found on the west coast of Mexico.


Cinnamon-throated Hermit (Phaethornis nattereri) Range: SA: e Bolivia and sw, e Brazil Chapada, Brazil
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Needle-billed Hermit (Phaethornis philippii) Range: SA: w Amazonia Esperanza, Pando, Bolivia
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Needle-billed Hermit (Phaethornis philippii) Range: SA: w Amazonia Piedritas, Pando, Bolivia
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Note long straight bill and rufous chest/belly.


Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei) Range: SA: e, sc Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina Piraju-SP, Brazil
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Compare to Scale-throated Hermit.


Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber) Range: SA: widespread Manu National Park, Peru
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Nest with egg. Not a hanging nest as some hermits make.


Streak-throated Hermit (Phaethornis rupurumii amazonicus) Range: SA: n, e Amazonia Anavilhanas Islands, Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brazil
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Dusky-throated Hermit (Phaethornis squalidus) Range: SA: se Brazil Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil
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Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis saturatus) Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to Venezuela and w Ecuador Bosque Del Rio Tigre, Costa Rica
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.

A small hermit found low in shadowy areas, and not easy to see well.
In flight.


White-browed Hermit (Phaethornis stuarti) Range: SA: se Peru and c Bolivia Buena Vista, Bolivia
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Buff-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis subochraceus) Range: SA: c Bolivia to sw Brazil Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia
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Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus muelleri) Range: SA: e Amazonia Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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Note 'gular stripe' (from chin to neck) and ochraceous bands on uppertail coverts (rump) when comparing to very similar Great-billed Hermit (HBW).


Tawny-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus syrmatophorus) Range: SA: Colombia to Peru Mindo, Ecuador
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Tawny-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus) Range: SA: Colombia to Peru Otún Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Common at mid altitudes, but almost never seen perched.
A bird resting at nest in an amazing curved-spine position.


White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) Range: SA: w Colombia and Ecuador Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Los Bancos, Ecuador
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A thin medium-sized hermit, greener than most hermits in this genus, but smaller than the Green Hermit (and with white whiskers).