Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) - HBW 5
Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
French: Ermite vert
German: Grüner Schattenkolibri
Spanish: Ermitaño Verde
Other common names: Guy’s/White-tailed Hermit
Taxonomy: Trochilus Guy Lesson, 1832, Trinidad.
Race emiliae has often been merged into apicalis. Species name frequently emended to “guyi”, but this is unjustified. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- coruscus Bangs, 1902 - Costa Rica to NW Colombia.
- emiliae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) - Colombia (major river valleys).
- apicalis (Tschudi, 1844) - E Andean slopes from N Colombia and NW Venezuela to SE Peru.
- guy (Lesson, 1832) - Trinidad and NE Venezuela.
- Least Concern
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An immature bird feeding on flower nectar Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Panama (ssp coruscans)
Dave Jackson 11 April 2007 2 years ago 11 sec 4.4 -
A slow motion view of a bird at a feeder Monteverde, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp coruscans)
Helmut Schenkel Br... 2004 1 year ago 6 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on heliconia flowers, in flight Girardot, Cundinamarca, Colombia (ssp emiliae)
Pere Sugranyes 31 May 1999 3 years ago 35 sec 3.6 -
A bird at a feeder Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru (ssp apicalis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2005 4 years ago 17 sec 3.4 -
Dorsal view of a perched bird singing. Las Quebradas Biological Center, Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 20 January 2010 8 weeks ago 32 sec 3 -
Ventral view of a perched bird singing. Las Quebradas Biological Center, Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 20 January 2010 8 weeks ago 19 sec 2
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A bird perched on a branch. Las Quebradas Biological Center, Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 2 February 2010 6 weeks ago 3.5 -
A male perched on a branch. Las Quebradas Biological Center, Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 13 January 2010 9 weeks ago 3 -
Frontal view of perched male Caripe, Monagas, Venezuela
Mikko Pyhälä 28 March 2009 50 weeks ago 3
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Song at lek. Bombuscaro Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
(ssp apicalis)
Nick Athanas 26 September 2001 14 weeks ago 4
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