Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) [XC894195]
by id from La Fortuna (near El Castillo), San Ram\u00f3n, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (flight call)
Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) [XC273415]
by Hans Matheve from RNA Reinita Cielo Azul, San Vicente de Chucur\u00ed, Santander, Colombia, 1900m, N, Colombia (call)
Subspecies
Subspecies emiliae has often been merged into apicalis. Species name frequently emended to "guyi", but this is unjustified.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
coruscus Bangs, 1902 - Costa Rica to north-western Colombia.
emiliae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) - Colombia (major river valleys).
apicalis (Tschudi, 1844) - Eastern Andean slopes from northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela to south-eastern Peru.
guy (Lesson, 1833) - Trinidad and north-eastern Venezuela.