Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
Alice McBride
Version: 1.0 — Published August 31, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | colibrí ermità verd |
Czech | kolibřík šedobřichý |
Dutch | Groene Heremietkolibrie |
English | Green Hermit |
English (United States) | Green Hermit |
French | Ermite vert |
French (France) | Ermite vert |
German | Grünschattenkolibri |
Japanese | ミドリユミハチドリ |
Norwegian | grønneremitt |
Polish | pustelnik zielony |
Russian | Зелёный колибри-отшельник |
Serbian | Zeleni kolibri pustinjak |
Slovak | slnečníček zelený |
Spanish | Ermitaño Verde |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Ermitaño Verde |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Ermitaño Verde |
Spanish (Panama) | Ermitaño Verde |
Spanish (Peru) | Ermitaño Verde |
Spanish (Spain) | Ermitaño verde |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Ermitaño Verde |
Swedish | grön eremit |
Turkish | Yeşil Hermit |
Ukrainian | Ерміт зелений |
Introduction
A relatively large hummingbird, the Green Hermit is found in humid forests and forest edges, small clearings, secondary growth, shrubbery, and plantations with dense vegetation. This species has elongated, white-tipped central tail rectrices, which are prominently featured in displays at communal leks during the breeding season while males energetically compete for territories. There are currently four described subspecies of the Green Hermit.