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Grey-chinned Hermit
Phaethornis griseogularis Gould, 1851
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Grey-chinned Hermit, Phaethornis griseogularis, is a hummingbird of South America, breeding in western and northern Amazonia and north-west Peru. It was described by Gould in 1851 and belongs to the family Trochilidae. It occurs in dense growth in cloudforest understory, secondary forest and forest edges, with gallery forest also used by the nominate form. The species is divided into three subspecies, and one of them, P. g. porcullae, is treated by some authorities as a separate species. The nominate form and P. g. zonura are 8 to 10 cm long, while P. g. porcullae is about 10.5 cm long.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: w, n Amazonia and nw Peru
