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[[Image:Little_Hermit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br>Location: Cano Colorado, [[Venezuela]]]] | [[Image:Little_Hermit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br>Location: Cano Colorado, [[Venezuela]]]] | ||
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Little Hermit is just 4 inches long, but has a shape similar to [[Green Hermit]]. Upperparts are green (or bronzed) with rufous rump, head is dark with a buffy streak behind the eye, and the underparts are rufous. The tail is wedge-shaped with central feathers that are elongated and tipped white, while the bill has a black upper mandible and a yellow lower mandible with a black tip, somewhat down-curved. | Little Hermit is just 4 inches long, but has a shape similar to [[Green Hermit]]. Upperparts are green (or bronzed) with rufous rump, head is dark with a buffy streak behind the eye, and the underparts are rufous. The tail is wedge-shaped with central feathers that are elongated and tipped white, while the bill has a black upper mandible and a yellow lower mandible with a black tip, somewhat down-curved. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Found in the northern [[South America]] in [[Trinidad]], [[Venezuela]], and The [[Guianas]] | + | Found in the northern [[South America]] in [[Trinidad]], [[Venezuela]], and The [[Guianas]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | This is a [[Dictionary_M- | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. |
| − | The Little Hermit formerly included the [[Stripe-throated Hermit]], [[Minute Hermit]] and [[Black-throated Hermit]] as subspecies. | + | The Little Hermit formerly included the [[Stripe-throated Hermit]], [[Minute Hermit]], [[Tapajos Hermit]] and [[Black-throated Hermit]] as subspecies. |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Forests especially undergrowth but sometimes also edges. | Forests especially undergrowth but sometimes also edges. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:03, 1 July 2014
- Phaethornis longuemareus
Identification
Little Hermit is just 4 inches long, but has a shape similar to Green Hermit. Upperparts are green (or bronzed) with rufous rump, head is dark with a buffy streak behind the eye, and the underparts are rufous. The tail is wedge-shaped with central feathers that are elongated and tipped white, while the bill has a black upper mandible and a yellow lower mandible with a black tip, somewhat down-curved.
Distribution
Found in the northern South America in Trinidad, Venezuela, and The Guianas.
Taxonomy
The Little Hermit formerly included the Stripe-throated Hermit, Minute Hermit, Tapajos Hermit and Black-throated Hermit as subspecies.
Habitat
Forests especially undergrowth but sometimes also edges.
Behaviour
Mainly feeds below 5 feet above ground; sometimes one has to bend down and look under a bush to see this bird feeding. Mainly takes nectar, but sometimes supplements with invertebrates.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- SACC baseline read November 2009
- Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Phaethornis aethopyga
- Paper resurrecting the taxon aethopyga and proposing full species status
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Little Hermit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Little_Hermit
External Links
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