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One of the small hermits sometimes separated in genus Pygmornis. Often considered conspecific with Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus), but morphological characters indicate closest relationship is to Grey-chinned Hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis). Subspecies saturatus in particular is extremely similar to griseogularis of Grey-chinned Hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis). Other close relatives include Black-throated Hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis), Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber) and White-browed Hermit (Phaethornis stuarti). Subspecies saturatus (= adolphi) sometimes treated as a separate species.

Further subspecies proposed in Mexico (cordobae = adolphi) and Panama (nelsoni = fraterculus) judged invalid, as claimed differences fail to take into account age- and sex-related variation in saturatus. In north-western Colombia, subspecies saturatus, subrufescens and striigularis come together in a zone of character introgression. Name adolphi pre-dates saturatus, but considered to be preoccupied by almost identical name. Therrefore adolphi subsequently replaced by cordobae, but this in turn becomes junior synonym of saturatus.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• saturatus Ridgway, 1910   -  Southern Mexico (southern Veracruz) to north-western Colombia.
• subrufescens Chapman, 1917   -  Western Colombia and western Ecuador.
• striigularis Gould, 1854   -  Northern Colombia (and Magdalena Valley) and adjacent western Venezuela.
• ignobilis Todd, 1913   -  Northern Venezuela.

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