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Long-billed hermit

Phaethornis longirostris (Delattre, 1843)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 5.5 g to 6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-billed hermit

Weight
5.5 g – 6 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 long-billed hermit live?

Not recorded

What is the long-billed hermit?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) is a bird in the family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds. It is found from central Mexico south through Central America, Colombia and Ecuador into Peru.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-billed hermit” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-billed_hermit&oldid=1379678582), 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.

What does the long-billed hermit sound like?

Oliver Komar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the long-billed hermit endangered?

The long-billed 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.

How is the long-billed hermit classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusPhaethornis
  7. SpeciesPhaethornis longirostris (Delattre, 1843)

Synonyms Ornismya longirostris

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Western long-tailed hermitEnglish
  • colibrí ermità becllargCatalan
  • kolibřík západníCzech
  • kolibřík tmavolícíCzech
  • Langhalet EremitDanish
  • Langschnabel-SchattenkolibriGerman
  • Westlicher Langschwanz-SchattenkolibriGerman
  • longbeka ermitkolibroEsperanto
  • Ermitaño ColilargoSpanish
  • Colibrí Ermitaño MesoamericanoSpanish
  • Ermitaño de Pico LargoSpanish
  • Ermitaño piquilargoSpanish
  • pohjanerakkokolibriFinnish
  • Ermite à longue queueFrench
  • oštrorepi kolibrićCroatian
  • hosszúcsőrű remetekolibriHungarian
  • Eremita codalunga occidentaleItalian
  • ハシナガユミハチドリJapanese
  • vakarinis saulėtasis kolibrisLithuanian
  • Westelijke LangstaartheremietkolibrieDutch
  • langnebberemittNorwegian
  • PustelnikiPolish
  • pustelnik długodziobyPolish
  • besourão-de-rabo-brancoPortuguese
  • eremita-de-bico-compridoPortuguese
  • rabo-branco-de-bico-compridoPortuguese
  • Длинноклювый солнечный колибриRussian
  • Длинноклювый колибри-отшельникRussian
  • slnečníček dlhozobýSlovak
  • Dugokljuni kolibri pustinjakSerbian
  • långnäbbad eremitSwedish
  • Uzun Gagalı HermitTurkish
  • ерміт мексиканськийUkrainian
  • 長嘴隱蜂鳥Chinese
  • 西长尾隐蜂鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the long-billed 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 long-billed hermit?

An adult long-billed hermit weighs 5.5 g – 6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the long-billed hermit endangered?

The long-billed 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 long-billed hermit?

The long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{long_billed_hermit_2026,
  title = {Long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-billed-hermit},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}