Hermits | |||
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The Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius) is among the most primitive living hummingbird species. | |||
Scientific classification | |||
Kingdom: | Animalia | ||
Phylum: | Chordata | ||
Class: | Aves | ||
Superorder: | Strisores | ||
Order: | Apodiformes | ||
Family: | Trochilidae | ||
Subfamily: | Phaethornithinae | ||
Tribe: | Phaethornithini Jardine, 1833 | ||
Genera | |||
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The hermits are tropical and subtropical hummingbirds in the tribe Phaethornithini, comprising 30–40 species in five genera. They occur from southern Mexico, through Central America, to South America as far south as northern Argentina.
Species in taxonomic order[]
- Genus Ramphodon
- Saw-billed Hermit, Ramphodon naevius
- Genus Glaucis
- Hook-billed Hermit, Glaucis dohrnii
- Rufous-breasted Hermit or Hairy Hermit, Glaucis hirsuta
- Bronzy Hermit, Glaucis aenea
- Genus Threnetes
- Band-tailed Barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
- Sooty Barbthroat, Threnetes niger
- Pale-tailed Barbthroat, Threnetes (niger) leucurus
- Bronze-tailed Hermit, Threnetes (niger) loehkeni
- Genus Anopetia
- Broad-tipped Hermit, Anopetia gounellei
- Genus Phaethornis
- Dusky-throated Hermit, Phaethornis squalidus
- Streak-throated Hermit, Phaethornis rupurumii
- Tapajós Hermit, Phaethorni aethopyga
- Little Hermit, Phaethornis longuemareus
- Minute Hermit, Phaethornis idaliae
- Cinnamon-throated Hermit, Phaethornis nattereri
- Maranhao Hermit, Phaethornis (nattereri) maranhaoensis
- Black-throated Hermit, Phaethornis atrimentalis
- Stripe-throated Hermit, Phaethornis striigularis
- Dusky Hermit, Phaethornis (striigularis) saturatus
- Gray-chinned Hermit, Phaethornis griseogularis
- Reddish Hermit, Phaethornis ruber
- White-browed Hermit, Phaethornis stuarti
- Buff-bellied Hermit, Phaethornis subochraceus
- Sooty-capped Hermit, Phaethornis augusti
- Planalto Hermit, Phaethornis pretrei
- Scale-throated Hermit, Phaethornis eurynome
- Pale-bellied Hermit, Phaethornis anthophilus
- White-bearded Hermit, Phaethornis hispidus
- White-whiskered Hermit, Phaethornis yaruqui
- Green Hermit, Phaethornis guy
- Tawny-bellied Hermit, Phaethornis syrmatophorus
- Koepcke's Hermit, Phaethornis koepckeae
- Needle-billed Hermit, Phaethornis philippii
- Straight-billed Hermit, Phaethornis bourcieri
- Long-billed Hermit or Western Long-tailed Hermit, Phaethornis longirostris
- Mexican Hermit, Phaethornis (longirostris) mexicanus
- Baron's Hermit, Phaethornis (longirostris) baroni
- (Eastern) Long-tailed Hermit, Phaethornis superciliosus
- Great-billed Hermit, Phaethornis malaris
- Margaretta's Hermit, Phaethornis (malaris) margarettae
References[]
- Schuchmann, K. L. (1999). Family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds). Pp. 468-680 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (editors) (1999): Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-25-3
- ffrench, Richard (1991). A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago (2nd edition ed.). Comstock Publishing. ISBN 0-8014-9792-2.
- Hilty, Steven L (2003). Birds of Venezuela. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5.
- Stiles, F. Gary; Skutch, Alexander Frank (1989): A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Comistock, Ithaca. ISBN 0-8014-9600-4
- Remsen, J. V., Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, T. S. Schulenberg, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 04-07-2007. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists' Union.
- Split Threnetes leucurus from Threnetes niger South American Classification Committee (2003).
- Abandon the Hinkelmann-Schuchmann classification of the hermit hummingbirds (Phaethorninae), and specifically their classification of the Phaethornis superciliosus-malaris-longirostris species group South American Classification Committee (2005).
- Hinkelmann, C. (1996). Systematics and geographic variation in long-tailed hermit hummingbirds, the Phaethornis superciliosus-malaris-longirostris species group (Trochilidae), with notes on their biogeography. Ornitologia Neotropical 7(2): 119-148. PDF available
- Hinkelmann, C., and K. Schuchmann (1997). Phylogeny of the hermit hummingbirds (Trochilidae: Phaethornithinae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 32: 142–163.
- Mallet-Rodrigues, Francisco (2006). Táxons de aves de validade questionável com ocorrência no Brasil. III - Trochilidae (I). Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 14(4): 475-479. PDF available
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