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Long-tailed Hermit
Phaethornis superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Long-tailed Hermit, Phaethornis superciliosus, is a hummingbird of the forest undergrowth in e Amazonia. It breeds in South America, including Venezuela, the Guianas and north-eastern Brazil. It is the largest hermit hummingbird. The bill is very long and curved down, with a black lower mandible tipped red, and the central tail feathers are elongated and white-tipped. The sexes are alike, though the female is a little smaller. It was first described by Linnaeus in 1766 and is now placed in the genus Phaethornis.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: e Amazonia
