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title: "Long-billed Hermit"
description: "Phaethornis longirostris — Birds. The long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) is a bird in the family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/long-billed-hermit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-billed Hermit

> Phaethornis longirostris — Birds. The long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) is a bird in the family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds.

- Scientific name: *Phaethornis longirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1867
- Wikidata: [Q1055821](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1055821)
- iNaturalist taxon: [603211](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/603211)

## Names

- en: Long-billed Hermit
- de: Westlicher Langschwanz-Schattenkolibri
- es: Colibrí Ermitaño Mesoamericano
- fr: Ermite à longue queue
- nl: Westelijke langstaartheremietkolibrie
- pt: Besourão-de-rabo-branco
- pl: Pustelnik długodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

CR (655), PA (421), MX (166), BZ (129), HN (104), CO (49), EC (42), NI (30), GT (18)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-billed_hermit

## Photo

![Long-billed Hermit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-billed-hermit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389416072

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-billed-hermit?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).