Green Hermit

Common name: Green Hermit
Scientific name: Phaethornis guy
Clades: Phaethornithinae - Hermits

The Green hermit is 13.5 cm (5.3 in) long and weighs 6.3 g (0.22 oz).

The Green Hermit has long tail feathers that are white-tipped in the center. A male is entirely blue-green, whereas a female is gray on the belly, green on the back, and has obvious stripes on her face. In addition to being extremely long, the bill is decurved as well. They are found in forests, but also visit feeders at forest edges. Often flies through the understory of the forest very quickly, stopping to feed during short periods of time. Not easy to see away from feeders.

4 subspecies:

1. P. g. coruscus
   Distribution Costa Rica S to NW Colombia.

2. P. g. emiliae
   Distribution Colombia (major river valleys in all three Andean ranges).

3. P. g. apicalis
   Distribution Sierra de Perijá, and E Andean slopes from NW Venezuela (Lara) and Colombia S to SE Peru.

4. P. g. guy
   Distribution mountains in NE Venezuela; Trinidad.

taken in Colombia

taken in Costa Rica

taken in Trinidad and Tobago

taken in Peru