Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Status: Endemic. The Koepcke’s Hermit is uncommon but patchily distributed along the foothill of the eastern Andes at elevations ranging between 500 – 1300 m.
Name in Spanish: Ermitaño de Koepcke.
Sub-species: Koepcke’s Hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae), Weske and Terborgh 1977.
Meaning of Name: Phaethornis: Gr. Phao= sun sunshine, and Ornis= bird. Koepckeae: In honor of Maria Emilia Ana Koepcke née von Mikulicz-Radecki (1924-1971) German ornithologist in Peru 1949-1971, explorer and collector.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.