Sooty-capped Hermit (Phaethornis augusti) [XC27923]
by Joe Klaiber from Sierra de San Luis, Venezuela (song)
Sooty-capped Hermit (Phaethornis augusti) [XC856805]
by David Edwards from San Pedro Jagua, Cundinamarca, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei). Includes "Phaethornis fumosus", based on melanistic specimen of nominate. Colombian birds described as subspecies vicarius do not differ from nominate.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
curiosus Wetmore, 1956 - Santa Marta Mts (northern Colombia).
augusti (Bourcier, 1847) - Eastern Andes and Macarena Mts (Colombia), and coastal Cordillera (Venezuela).
incanescens (Simon, 1921) - Isolated mountains of southern Venezuela and western Guyana.