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) [XC238816]
by Oscar Humberto Mar\u00edn G\u00f3mez from Pichincha: R\u00edo Pitsara and ridge 1 km NE Hda Francisco Rodr\u00edguez (=Asociaci\u00f3n Calvas), Ecuador (song)

White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) [XC844995]
by from V\u00eda a las Cascadas, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)

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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