Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus)

Other Names (World)
Little Hermit, Longuemare's Hermit, Rusty-breasted Hermit

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11.40 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and swamp forest, mangroves. From sea-level - 700 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Trinidad and north-eastern Venezuela to French Guiana.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) [XC227585]
by id from Ca\u00f1o Colorado, Monagas, Venezuela (song)

Subspecies
Phaethornis longuemareus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis) and Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) following AOU (2002) and Black-throated Hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis) following SACC (2005). Phaethornis aethopyga is recognised as a valid species as distinct from Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis) following SACC (2010).

One of the small hermits sometimes separated in genus Pygmornis. Usually considered to include Minute Hermit (Phaethornis idaliae), Black-throated Hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis) and Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis). However, morphological characters indicate that they should be treated as separate species, with latter two not even very closely related to present species. Minute Hermit (Phaethornis idaliae) is closest relative.

Invalid subspecies proposed include: "imatacae" based on hybrid of present species with Streak-throated Hermit (Phaethornis rupurumii) and "aethopyga" based on hybrid of Streak-throated Hermit (Phaethornis rupurumii) with subspecies ruber of Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber).

No subspecies.

References
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