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 Enlarge map
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A bird singing and then having an agonistic encounter with another individual. Locality Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp longirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 2 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding on nectar Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp longirostris)
Wayne Hall 28 January 2005 3 years ago 37 sec 4.5 -
individual over bush Locality El Paujil Natural Reserve, Colombia (ssp sussurus)
David Caro 1 August 2004 37 weeks ago 54 sec 4 -
A bird visiting a ginger inflorescence. Locality Carate, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp cephalus)
Richard Garrigues 9 September 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 3.7 -
A bird on a branch, singing. Locality Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp longirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 2 years ago 36 sec 3 -
A bird feeding on a feeder Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp baroni)
Peter Nash 25 April 2004 6 years ago 13 sec 3
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A bird
Locality Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil
raniero massoli-novelli 1 June 2004 1 year ago 3.5 -
Parque des Aves, near Iguazù National Park
Locality Brazil
raniero massoli-novelli 1 May 2004 1 year ago 3.3 -
One bird in flight near a flowering Erythrina.
Locality La Gamba Field Station, Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp cephalus)
Norbert Sauberer 17 February 2007 2 years ago 3.2 -
A bird perched with its tail open.
Locality Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp longirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 2 years ago 2.5 -
perching
Locality Cerro Arenal Natural Reserve, Matagalpa Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 14 August 2011 25 weeks ago 1.9
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A sequence of song.
Locality Palenque National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp longirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 11 April 2009 2 years ago 3
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