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Black-throated Hermit
Phaethornis atrimentalis Lawrence, 1858
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Black-throated Hermit, Phaethornis atrimentalis, is a hummingbird of South America, breeding from Colombia to northern Peru. It was described by Lawrence in 1858 and belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes. It occurs in the eastern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador, and in northern and central Peru. It is a lowland bird of rainforest understorey, forest edges, secondary growth, plantations and swamp forest, and can be found up to 1,500 m south of the Marañón River. The species has greenish upperparts, a reddish rump, a dark tail with white tips, and a dark throat.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to n Peru
