Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
15.50 - 16.30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1832)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest, subtropical and tropical swamp forest, subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri) [XC420078]
by Brayan Coral Jaramillo from Roura, Beaus\u00e9jour, French Guiana (flight call)

Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri) [XC394429]
by Brice de la Croix from BDFFP, Amazonas state, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
In past, sometimes placed in genus Ametrornis. Morphological characters argue against close relationship to other hermits with straight bills, Needle-billed Hermit (Phaethornis philippii) and Koepcke's Hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae). Many authors have accepted additional subspecies whitelyi for northern birds, but claimed characters correspond to individual variation, both types of coloration occurring throughout range of nominate subspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

bourcieri (Lesson, 1832) - Eastern Colombia and northern Peru to southern Venezuela, Guianas and Brazil north of Amazon.
major Hinkelmann, 1989 - Brazil south of Amazon along eastern bank of lower R Tapajós.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri) - 10 files

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