Needle-billed Hermit
Phaethornis philippii(Bourcier, J, 1847)
English (US) Needle-billed Hermit
The Needle-billed Hermit (Phaethornis philippii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: tropical eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Amazonian Brazil south of the AmazonRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phaethornis philippii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Needle-billed Hermit
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Philippii
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1847)
- Type locality
- Bolivia.
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie 10 p.623
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Long-billed Hermit
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Great-billed Hermit
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Pale-bellied Hermit
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