Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Status: The Planalto Hermit is common, but geographically restricted to the lower Mayo and part of the Huallaga Valleys in the foothills of the northeast Andes. It also occurs in Br and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Ermitaño del Planalto.
Sub-species: Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), Lesson and DeLattre 1839.
Meaning of Name: Phaethornis: Gr. Phao= sun sunshine, and Ornis= bird. pretrei: in honor of the Swiss artist, painter of birds to the Natural History Museum in Paris, Jean Gabriel Prêtre (1800-1840).
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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.