Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) - HBW 5, p. 540
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 Enlarge map
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A close-up of a female on a branch. Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp coruscus)
Alex García · Videoaves 1 July 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 4.8 -
An immature bird feeding on flower nectar Locality Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama (ssp coruscans)
Dave Jackson 11 April 2007 4 years ago 11 sec 4.6 -
A slow motion view of a bird at a feeder Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica (ssp coruscans)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 2004 3 years ago 6 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding on heliconia flowers, in flight Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp emiliae)
Pere Sugranyes 31 May 1999 5 years ago 35 sec 4 -
Bird at feeder Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Desmond Allen 12 February 2011 34 weeks ago 28 sec 3.6 -
Dorsal view of a perched bird singing. Locality Las Quebradas Biological Center, Quebradas, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 20 January 2010 2 years ago 32 sec 3.5
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a female feeding on backyard Ixora in St. Joseph
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 4 September 2010 33 weeks ago 4.4 -
a female perched on a backyard plant
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 11 November 2010 36 weeks ago 4.3 -
Female : Green Hermit in flight
Locality Trinidad and Tobago
SIRROYALTY 19 September 2011 20 weeks ago 4.2 -
Perched female after feeding on the hawaiian torch flower.
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 10 December 2011 7 weeks ago 4 -
At feeder
Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 30 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4 -
On branch near nature center
Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Ian Maton 12 January 2008 45 weeks ago 4
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Song at lek. Locality Río Bombuscaro Reserve, Podocarpus National Park, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
(ssp apicalis)
Nick Athanas 26 September 2001 2 years ago 4
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