Mexican Hermit
Phaethornis mexicanus Hartert, EJO, 1897
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Mexican Hermit, Phaethornis mexicanus, is a hummingbird of the Trochilidae family that breeds in western and south-western Mexico. It was first described by Hartert in 1897. Endemic to Mexico, it occurs in two separate stretches along the Pacific side of the country, with one form in the south-west and another farther north. It lives in humid evergreen forest, Heliconia thickets and ravines within semi-deciduous woodland, from sea level to about 2,000 m. It was once treated as part of the Long-billed Hermit, but is now recognised as a separate species.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- Middle America: w, sw Mexico
