Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Western Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) - HBW 5, p. 540
French: Ermite à longue queue
German: Westlicher Langschwanz-Schattenkolibri
Spanish: Ermitaño Colilargo Norteño
Other common names: Long-billed Hermit; Jalisco Hermit (griseoventer); Mexican/Hartert’s Hermit (mexicanus); Long-tailed Hermit (longirostris)
Taxonomy: Ornismya longirostris DeLattre, 1843, Guatemala.
Often considered conspecific with P. superciliosus, but with disjunct distributions the two are probably better treated as forming a superspecies. Some forms currently listed as races are well differentiated, and future studies may result in specific separation of griseoventer, mexicanus and baroni; indeed, mexicanus (incorporating griseoventer) has been recognized by some. Proposed races veraecrucis of S Mexico and cassinii from Panama and NW Colombia are inseparable from longirostris and cephalus respectively. Six subspec.. View all taxonomy...
Often considered conspecific with P. superciliosus, but with disjunct distributions the two are probably better treated as forming a superspecies. Some forms currently listed as races are well differentiated, and future studies may result in specific separation of griseoventer, mexicanus and baroni; indeed, mexicanus (incorporating griseoventer) has been recognized by some. Proposed races veraecrucis of S Mexico and cassinii from Panama and NW Colombia are inseparable from longirostris and cephalus respectively. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- griseoventer Phillips, 1962 - W Mexico (Nayarit to Colima).
- mexicanus Hartert, 1897 - SW Mexico (W Guerrero to SE Oaxaca).
- longirostris (DeLattre, 1843) - S Mexico (N Oaxaca) to N Honduras.
- griseoventer Phillips, 1962 - W Mexico (Nayarit to Colima).
- mexicanus Hartert, 1897 - SW Mexico (W Guerrero to SE Oaxaca).
- longirostris (DeLattre, 1843) - S Mexico (N Oaxaca) to N Honduras.
- cephalus (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848) - E Honduras to NW Colombia.
- sussurus Bangs, 1901 - N Colombia (Santa Marta Mts).
- baroni Hartert, 1897 - W Ecuador and NW Peru.
- Least Concern
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A bird feeding on nectar Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp longirostris)
Wayne Hall 28 January 2005 2 years ago 37 sec 4.5 -
A bird singing and then having an agonistic encounter with another individual. Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp longirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 38 weeks ago 34 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a branch, singing. Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp longirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 38 weeks ago 36 sec 3 -
A bird feeding on a feeder Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp baroni)
Peter Nash 25 April 2004 5 years ago 13 sec 3
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One bird in flight near a flowering Erythrina. La Gamba Field Station, Golfito, Costa Rica (ssp cephalus)
Norbert Sauberer 17 February 2007 31 weeks ago 3.7 -
Parque des Aves, near Iguazù National Park Brazil
raniero massoli-no... 1 May 2004 12 weeks ago 3 -
A bird perched with its tail open. Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp longirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 38 weeks ago 2.3
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A sequence of song.
Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp longirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 38 weeks ago 3
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