White-whiskered Hermit
Phaethornis yaruqui

White-whiskered Hermit, Setimo Paraiso, Pichincha, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image Setimo Paraiso, Pichincha, Ecuador
November 2019

The White-whiskered Hermit is distributed in the Pacific lowlands of western Colombia and western Ecuador. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in humid forest and dense shrubbery and is fairly abundant.

White-whiskered Hermit, Setimo Paraiso, Pichincha, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image It is distinguished by its buffy supercilium and its whitish malar streak or whisker. It is also more iridescent than most hermits.

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