Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri) - HBW 5, p. 544
French: Ermite de Bourcier
German: Braunbauch-Schattenkolibri
Spanish: Ermitaño Piquirrecto
Taxonomy: Trochilus Bourcieri Lesson, 1832, Cayenne.
In past, sometimes placed in genus Ametrornis. Morphological characters argue against close relationship to other hermits with straight bills, P. philippii and P. koepckeae. Many authors have accepted additional race whitelyi for northern birds, but claimed characters correspond to individual variation, both types of coloration occurring throughout range of nominate race. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bourcieri (Lesson, 1832) - E Colombia and N Peru to S Venezuela, Guianas and Brazil N of Amazon.
- major Hinkelmann, 1989 - Brazil S of Amazon along E bank of lower R Tapajós.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a twig, looking around Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp bourcieri)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2007 3 years ago 39 sec 4 -
A bird on a twig, becoming very alert Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp bourcieri)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2007 3 years ago 33 sec 3.8
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Individual in hand
Locality French Guiana
maxcobigo 24 October 2009 2 years ago 2
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Song at lek. Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
(ssp bourcieri)
Nick Athanas 22 September 2003 2 years ago 3
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