Sooty-capped Hermit (Phaethornis augusti) [XC254132]
by Joe Klaiber from Azulita area Merida, Venezuela (song)
Sooty-capped Hermit (Phaethornis augusti) [XC22138]
by Joe Klaiber from Rio Kukenan camp on the way to Cerro Roraima, Bolivar, Venezuela (lekking)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei). Includes "Phaethornis fumosus", based on melanistic specimen of nominate. Colombian birds described as subspecies vicarius do not differ from nominate.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
curiosus Wetmore, 1956 - Santa Marta Mts (northern Colombia).
augusti (Bourcier, 1847) - Eastern Andes and Macarena Mts (Colombia), and coastal Cordillera (Venezuela).
incanescens (Simon, 1921) - Isolated mountains of southern Venezuela and western Guyana.