Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
About Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
- Family: Hummingbirds
Phaethornis guy, commonly known as the Green Hermit, is a member of the Trochilidae (Hummingbird) family. It is sometimes also called the Guy’s Hermit (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Two subspecies have been documented, the Phaethornis guy guy, which occurs in Trinidad, and P. guy coruscus, who’s range stretches from Costa Rica to W Columbia and SE Peru (Snow 1977, Stiles and Skutch 1989). Both prefer to live in wet mountain forest. They are slightly over 15 cm in length and weigh approximately 6 grams. Males are a dark, iridescent green with black tail feathers that are tipped in white. Females are a more dusky green with grey underparts. Both have long, curved bills. Their primary source of food is nectar. They are also known for their lekking behavior, in which males congregate and display for the purpose of attracting a mate. They have small nests made of plants, spider webs, and treefern scales, and typically nest between February and September in Costa Rica (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Sarah Swanson
Visits
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2009-02-22Reserva Santa Elena, Costa Rica
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2009-03-11Pirre Cloud Forest Camp, Panama
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2016-09-01Parque Nacional del Manu, Peru
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2023-02-12TInamou Birding Nature Reserve, Colombia
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2023-02-13Verada Rio Claro, Colombia
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2023-08-03Sumaco, Ecuador
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2023-08-05Sumaco, Ecuador
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2023-09-30La Virgen del Socorro, Costa Rica
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2023-10-04Parque Nacional Volcan Arenal, Costa Rica
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2023-10-05Bosque Nuboso el Cocora, Costa Rica
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2023-10-06La Paz, Costa Rica
