Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuyabeno, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuyabeno, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Orellana, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Orellana, Ecuador
Status: The Straight-billed Hermit is uncommon and largely restricted to the Department of Loreto. It ranges mostly below 400 m in Amazonia. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Br.
Name in Spanish: Ermitaño de Pico Recto.
Sub-species: Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri bourcieri), Lesson 1832.
Meaning of Name: Phaethornis: Gr. Phao= sun, sunshine, and Ornis= bird. bourcieri: in honor of the naturalist, collector specializing in hummingbird specimens, and French Consul for Ecuador, Jules Bourcier (1797-1873).

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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.