Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí ermità menut |
| Czech | kolibřík trpasličí |
| Dutch | Kleine Heremietkolibrie |
| English | Little Hermit |
| English (United States) | Little Hermit |
| French | Ermite nain |
| French (France) | Ermite nain |
| German | Braunkehl-Schattenkolibri |
| Icelandic | Goðabríi |
| Japanese | コビトユミハチドリ |
| Norwegian | småeremitt |
| Polish | pustelnik rdzawy |
| Russian | Малый колибри-отшельник |
| Serbian | Mali kolibri pustinjak |
| Slovak | slnečníček hrdzavý |
| Spanish | Ermitaño Chico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ermitaño chico |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Ermitañito Pequeño |
| Swedish | mindre eremit |
| Turkish | Küçük Hermit |
| Ukrainian | Ерміт тринідадський |
Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus
Lihn Huynh
Version: 1.0 — Published December 12, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published December 12, 2014
Distribution
Distribution in the Americas
Little Hermit is resident in northeastern South America, from northeastern Venezuela and Trinidad to east to French Guiana, and in adjacent far northern Brazil.
The elevational distribution on Little Hermit in Venezuela is only up to 100 m north of the Orinoco River, but it occurs up to 500 m south of the Orinoco (Hilty 2003), and even higher on Trinidad.
Distribution outside the Americas
Endemic to the Americas.
Habitat
Little Hermit occurs in the understory of humid evergreen lowland forest; it especially favors forest borders and openings with flowering Heliconia (Hilty 2003).
Historical changes
None reported.
Fossil history
None reported.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Hermit
