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Koepcke's hermit

Phaethornis koepckeae Weske & Terborgh, 1977

LCLeast Concernbirds

The koepcke's hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 4.65 g to 5.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Koepcke's hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae)
Photo: Jay Warburton · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the koepcke's hermit

Weight
4.65 g – 5.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the koepcke's hermit live?

Not recorded

What is the koepcke's hermit?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Koepcke's hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Peru.

From the Wikipedia article “Koepcke's hermit” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koepcke%27s_hermit&oldid=1314895924), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the koepcke's hermit endangered?

The koepcke's hermit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the koepcke's hermit classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusPhaethornis
  7. SpeciesPhaethornis koepckeae Weske & Terborgh, 1977
Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • colibrí ermità de KoepckeCatalan
  • kolibřík baguaskýCzech
  • kolibřík olivohřbetýCzech
  • meudwy KoepckeWelsh
  • Sira EremitDanish
  • KoepckeeremitGerman
  • Koepcke-EremitGerman
  • KoepckeschattenkolibriGerman
  • Orangebrauner SchattenkolibriGerman
  • perua ermitkolibroEsperanto
  • Ermitaño de KoepckeSpanish
  • گوشهگیر کوپکهPersian
  • perunerakkokolibriFinnish
  • Ermite de KoepckeFrench
  • peruanski kolibrićCroatian
  • Koepcke-remetekolibriHungarian
  • Eremita di KoepckeItalian
  • ペルーユミハチドリJapanese
  • andinis saulėtasis kolibrisLithuanian
  • Koepckes HeremietkolibrieDutch
  • inkaeremittNorwegian
  • pustelnik peruwiańskiPolish
  • eremita-de-koepckePortuguese
  • rabo-branco-de-dorso-olivaPortuguese
  • Крошечный солнечный колибриRussian
  • Рыжеватый колибри-отшельникRussian
  • slnečníček peruánskySlovak
  • Kepkeov kolibri pustinjakSerbian
  • inkaeremitSwedish
  • köpckeeremitSwedish
  • Köpckes eremitSwedish
  • Köpcke HermitiTurkish
  • ерміт білогорлийUkrainian
  • 凯氏隐蜂鸟Chinese
  • 庫柏克氏隱蜂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the koepcke's hermit

Other species in the same genus Phaethornis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the koepcke's hermit?

An adult koepcke's hermit weighs 4.65 g – 5.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the koepcke's hermit endangered?

The koepcke's hermit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the koepcke's hermit?

The koepcke's hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Koepcke's hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/koepckes-hermit

MLA

“Koepcke's hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/koepckes-hermit.

BibTeX
@misc{koepckes_hermit_2026,
  title = {Koepcke's hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/koepckes-hermit},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}