Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Minute Hermit (Phaethornis idaliae) - HBW 5, p. 546
French: Ermite d’Idalie
German: Schiller-Zwergschattenkolibri
Spanish: Ermitaño Pigmeo
Taxonomy: Trochilus Idaliae Bourcier and Mulsant, 1856, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
One of the small hermits sometimes separated in genus Pygmornis. Often considered a race of P. longuemareus, its closest relative, but sexual dimorphism and other morphological characters indicate that they should be treated as separate species. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Brazil (Bahia to Rio de Janeiro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male showing its tongue, cleaning its bill and preening Locality Linhares Biological Reserve, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2005 4 years ago 46 sec 4.6 -
A female moving its tail and cleaning its bill Locality Linhares Biological Reserve, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2005 4 years ago 11 sec 4.3 -
A male singing in the vegetation Locality Linhares Biological Reserve, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2005 4 years ago 20 sec 4
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Male.
Locality Aracruz, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 29 June 2009 2 years ago 4
- No sound recordings available yet
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