Needle-billed Hermit

Orange Hummingbird shadow, painted by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter

The Orange shadow Hummingbird ( Phaethornis philippii ) or Red-brown hermit or Dünnschnabeleremit is a species of bird in the family of hummingbirds ( Trochilidae ). The range of this species includes the countries of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. The stock is assessed by the IUCN as endangered not (Least Concern ).

Features

The Orange Hummingbird shadow reaches a body length of about 13 cm, the straight beak ca 31 mm and the tail makes up about 57 mm. The schwärzlichpurpurnen wings are about 53 mm long. The top is dark bronze green, the rear springs back and upper tail-coverts are lined with red-brown. The color of the supraorbital Streifs and the bottom, and the tips of the lateral tail feathers adorned with a rust red. The rest of the tail feathers are bronze-green with a broad black subterminal fascia. The central feathers have long white tips. While the upper mandible is black, the lower mandible yellowish flesh-colored to black lace.

Distribution and habitat

The distribution area of the hummingbird extends across the east of Peru on the north, Bolivia to the west of Brazil.

In Brazil, they are found in the south of the Amazon to the western banks of the Rio Tapajós and the north of the state of Rondônia.

In Peru they are found east of the Río Ucayali and south of the Amazon at altitudes below 500 meters above sea level. In central Peru they do not seem to be present east of the Ucayali. They move in the undergrowth of moist forests. Here they are mainly in the Terra Firme forest - road, ie Rainforest areas that are not flooded by rivers.

Behavior

This hummingbird is very territorial and defends its territory adamantly against intruders.

Vocalizations

Your reputation sounds like a monotonous series constant or only marginally louder Pseet - sounds.

Etymology and History of Research

Jules Bourcier described the hummingbird under the protonym Trochilus philippii. The type specimen was collected in Bolivia. A long time he was slammed to the genus Ametrornis because he who has next to the Brown Belly Silhouette Hummingbird ( Phaethornis bourcieri ) ( Lesson, 1832) is the only species of the genus Phaethornis a straight beak. The orange brown shade Hummingbird ( Phaethornis koepckeae ) is occasionally considered in the literature as a subspecies Phaethornis philippii koepckeae Weske & Terborgh, 1977. Only later did the species of the genus Phaethornis was slammed.

The term " Phaethornis " derives from the Greek words " Phaethōn Φαέθων " for " the shining one, the Radiant " and " ornis, όρνις " from for " bird". The epithet " philippii " honors Filippo De Filippi, the then Professor of Zoology at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano.