Gray-chinned Hermit
Common name: Gray-chinned Hermit
Scientific name: Phaethornis griseogularis
Clades: Phaethornithinae - Hermits
Grey-chinned Hermits are 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in) long; males weigh 1.8 to 2.5 g (0.06 to 0.09 oz).
A small, bright hermit with a slightly curved bill. Overall color is buffy to rusty, with black cheeks, whitish eyebrows, and pale chin. The tips of the tail feathers are white. In the Tepuis of eastern Venezuela, as well as in southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru, this species occurs in disjunct populations on the east slopes of the Andes. Forest edges and understory are typically the habitats for this species. This species occurs at lower elevations than the Reddish Hermit.
3 subspecies:
(Porculla)
P. g. porcullae
Distribution W Andean mountains in SW Ecuador (Loja) and NW Peru (Tumbes, Piura and Lambayeque).(Gray-chinned)
P. g. griseogularis
Distribution W of Andes in Colombia; E Andes from Colombia S to N Peru (San Martín); S and SE Venezuela and adjacent N Brazil (on several isolated mountains).P. g. zonura
Distribution N Peru (Marañón Valley in E Cajamarca and adjacent Amazonas).
