Family Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Least Concern
Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri)
Taxonomy
French: Ermite de Bourcier German: Braunbauch-Schattenkolibri Spanish: Ermitaño piquirrecto
Taxonomy:
Trochilus Bourcieri
Lesson
, 1832,Cayenne
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Subspecies and Distribution
P. b. bourcieri
(Lesson, 1832) –
SE Colombia, E Ecuador and NE Peru E to S Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil N & S of Amazon, including presumably much of Amazonas and Acre states#R.
P. b. major
Hinkelmann, 1989 – EC Brazil S of Amazon (E bank of lower R Tapajós).
Descriptive notes
12–14 cm; 3·5–5 g. Medium-sized hermit with olive-green upperparts and brownish (“whitelyi coloration”) to greyish (“... read more
Voice
Song quite different compared to most large Phaethornis: a high-pitched phrase repeated... read more
Habitat
Understorey of lowland terra firme rainforest, and dense areas of adjacent semi-deciduous... read more
Food and feeding
Nectar and small arthropods. Recorded at flowers of Manettia, Guzmania and Vriesea; feeds by trap-lining.
Breeding
Mar–May in Brazil; active nests Sept in Manaus and Amapá, Brazil, Oct in French Guiana, Sept in Colombia; gonadal activity... read more
Movements
No information available.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). CITES II. Common throughout its range, which has recently been demonstrated to extend well S of the Amazon to Acre. Regularly seen in... read more
In the past was sometimes placed in genus Ametrornis. Morphological characters argue against close relationship to other hermits with straight bill, P. philippii and P. koepckeae. Many authors have accepted additional race whitelyi for N birds, but claimed characters correspond to individual variation, both types of coloration occurring throughout range of nominate race. Two subspecies recognized.