White-whiskered hermit

White-whiskered hermit

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Phaethornis
Species:	P. yaruqui
Binomial name
*Phaethornis yaruqui* (Bourcier, 1851)

The white-whiskered hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) is a hummingbird that is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Female, Milpe Reserve, NW Ecuador

References

Phaethornithinae (hermit hummingbirds)

Genus	Species

Ramphodon	Saw-billed hermit (R. naevius)

Eutoxeres	White-tipped sicklebill (E. aquila) Buff-tailed sicklebill (E. condamini)

Glaucis	Hook-billed hermit (G. dohrnii) Rufous-breasted hermit (G. hirsuta) Bronzy hermit (G. aenea)

Threnetes	Sooty barbthroat (T. niger) Band-tailed barbthroat (T. ruckeri)

Anopetia	Broad-tipped hermit (A. gounellei)

Phaethornis	Dusky-throated hermit (P. squlidus) Streak-throated hermit (P. rupurumii) Tapajós hermit (P. aethopyga) Little hermit (P. longuemareus) Minute hermit (P. idaliae) Cinnamon-throated hermit (P. nattereri) Black-throated hermit (P. atrimentalis) Stripe-throated hermit (P. striigularis) Gray-chinned hermit (P. griseogularis) Reddish hermit (P. ruber) White-browed hermit (P. stuarti) Buff-bellied hermit (P. subochraceus) Sooty-capped hermit (P. augusti) Planalto hermit (P. pretrei) Scale-throated hermit (P. eurynome) Pale-bellied hermit (P. anthophilus) White-bearded hermit (P. hispidus) White-whiskered hermit (P. yaruqui) Green hermit (P. guy) Tawny-bellied hermit (P. syrmatophorus) Koepcke's hermit (P. koepckeae) Needle-billed hermit (P. philippii) Straight-billed hermit (P. bourcieri) Long-billed hermit (P. longirostris) Long-tailed hermit (P. superciliosus) Great-billed hermit (P. malaris)

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