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Needle-billed Hermit
Phaethornis philippii (Bourcier, 1847)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Needle-billed Hermit, Phaethornis philippii, is a hummingbird of the western Amazon basin in South America, recorded from eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and western Brazil. It belongs to the Trochilidae family and was described by Bourcier in 1847. It is a hermit with a nearly straight bill, setting it apart from many others in the group. It lives in the understorey of lowland rainforest, especially terra firme forest, and also uses várzea forest, bamboo thickets and plantations. Its range reaches only to 325 m.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: w Amazonia
