White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui)

Other Names (World)
White-whiskered Hermit, Black-winged Hermit, Yaruquian Hermit

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
17.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Panama.

Western Colombia and western Ecuador; possibly south-western Panama.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (78)...)

White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) [XC844905]
by Paul Driver from Milpe Bird Sanctuary MCF., Ecuador (song)

White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) [XC261696]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (flight call, flight calls, wing noise)

Subspecies
Western Colombian populations formerly separated as subspecies sanctijohannis, but description was based on immature birds.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) - 10 files

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