Birds of Peru - Phaethornis


Black-throated Hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis riojae) Waqanki Lodge, San Martín, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri bourcieri) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia Note pale belly and long straight bill.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-chinned Hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis) Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-chinned Hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis griseogularis) Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Note small size.


Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy coruscus) Female Monteverde, Costa Rica Note mask on female.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A relatively large hermit, with distinctive coloration. A bit more likely to leave the forest than most hermits.


White-bearded Hermit (Phaethornis hispidus) Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Koepcke's Hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae) ENDEMIC Peru
Photograph by Robert Lewis © All Rights Reserved.


Koepcke's Hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae) ENDEMIC Madre de Dios, Peru
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.


Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris cephalus) Soberania National Park, Panama
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris cephalus) Soberania National Park, Panama
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A large hummingbird with a long central tail feather.


Great-billed Hermit (Phaethornis malaris bolivianus) Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru
Photograph by Joe Tobias © All Rights Reserved.

A large hermit, the Amazon version of Long-billed Hermit, with no overlap. Also similar to Long-tailed Hermit but that species has a 'gular stripe' from chin to neck (HBW).
Bird at active net with two white eggs.


Needle-billed Hermit (Phaethornis philippii) Esperanza, Pando, Bolivia
Photograph by Joe Tobias © All Rights Reserved.


Needle-billed Hermit (Phaethornis philippii) Piedritas, Pando, Bolivia
Photograph by Joe Tobias © All Rights Reserved.

Note long straight bill and rufous chest/belly.


Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber) Manu National Park, Peru
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White-browed Hermit (Phaethornis stuarti) Buena Vista, Bolivia
Photograph by Joe Tobias © All Rights Reserved.


Tawny-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus syrmatophorus) Mindo, Ecuador
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Tawny-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus) Otún Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Common at mid altitudes, but almost never seen perched.
A bird resting at nest in an amazing curved-spine position.