Dusky-throated Hermit (Phaethornis squalidus)

Other Names (World)
Dusky-throated Hermit, Sooty-throated Hermit

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Boucard, 1892

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B).

South-eastern Brazil (southern Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Dusky-throated Hermit (Phaethornis squalidus) [XC46286]
by Jeremy Minns from Garuva, Santa Catarina, Brazil (song, song (lekking))

Dusky-throated Hermit (Phaethornis squalidus) [XC85297]
by Jeremy Minns from Intervales State Park. Carmo road, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Phaethornis squalidus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Dusky-throated Hermit (Phaethornis squalidus) and Streak-throated Hermit (Phaethornis rupurumii) following SACC (2005).

One of the small hermits sometimes separated in genus Pygmornis. Present species has the most primitive characters of any member of this group, linking these species with the larger members of genus Phaethornis. Often considered to include Streak-throated Hermit (Phaethornis rupurumii), but morphological characters indicate that that species is more closely related to Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) and Minute Hermit (Phaethornis idaliae).

Proposed subspecies "maranhaoensis", sometimes considered a full species, has proved to be the hitherto undescribed adult male plumage of Cinnamon-throated Hermit (Phaethornis nattereri).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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