Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) - HBW 5, p. 539
French: Ermite yaruqui
German: Smaragdschattenkolibri
Spanish: Ermitaño de Yaruqui
Other common names: Black-winged/Yaruquian Hermit
Taxonomy: Trochilus Yaruqui Bourcier, 1851, Yaruqui, Ecuador.
W Colombian populations formerly separated as race sanctijohannis, but description was based on immature birds. Monotypic.
Distribution: W Colombia and W Ecuador; possibly SW Panama.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird eating on a feeder Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 5 years ago 36 sec 4.8 -
A bird at a feeder Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 4.6 -
A bird feeding at a feeder Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 17 August 2006 4 years ago 22 sec 4.3 -
A bird sharing a feeder with other hummingbirds Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a branch, then at a feeder Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 25 February 2007 3 years ago 15 sec 4.2 -
A bird at a feeder, with other hummingbirds Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2007 3 years ago 30 sec 3.9
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perched
Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 12 November 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
In flight
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 10 August 2010 1 hour ago ADDED TODAY! 4.3 -
At feeder
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2011 13 weeks ago 4.2 -
Hovering in rain near feeder
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Ian Maton 6 February 2011 45 weeks ago 3.8 -
Bird on feeder
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Ian Maton 6 February 2011 45 weeks ago 3.7
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Song at lek. Locality Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 2 April 2007 2 years ago 4
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