Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) - HBW 5, p. 545

French: Ermite nain German: Brauner Zwergschattenkolibri Spanish: Ermitaño Chico
Other common names: Longuemare’s/Rusty-breasted Hermit

Taxonomy: Trochilus Longuemareus Lesson, 1832, Cayenne.
One of the small hermits sometimes separated in genus Pygmornis. Usually considered to include P. idaliae, P. atrimentalis and P. striigularis; morphological characters, however, indicate that they should be treated as separate species, with latter two not even very closely related to present species; P. idaliae is closest relative. Invalid races proposed include: “imatacae” based on hybrid of present species with P. rupurumii; and “aethopyga” based on hybrid of P. rupurumii with P. ruber ruber. Monotypic.