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title: "Green Hermit"
description: "Phaethornis guy — Uccelli. The green hermit (Phaethornis guy) is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from southern Central America (Costa Rica and Panama) south to northern South America (north-eastern Venezuela and Trinidad, and the northern Andes of eastern Peru)"
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/green-hermit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Hermit

> Phaethornis guy — Uccelli. The green hermit (Phaethornis guy) is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from southern Central America (Costa Rica and Panama) south to northern South America (north-eastern Venezuela and Trinidad, and the northern Andes of eastern Peru)

- Scientific name: *Phaethornis guy*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1861
- Wikidata: [Q1076873](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076873)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5628](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5628)

## Names

- en: Green Hermit
- de: Grüner Schattenkolibri
- es: Ermitaño Verde
- fr: Ermite vert
- nl: Groene heremietkolibrie
- pl: Pustelnik zielony

## Countries with the most observations

CR (904), CO (287), PA (142), EC (103), TT (65), PE (38)

## Summary

The green hermit (Phaethornis guy) is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from southern Central America (Costa Rica and Panama) south to northern South America (north-eastern Venezuela and Trinidad, and the northern Andes of eastern Peru)

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

## Photo

![Green Hermit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-hermit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/307997627

## Machine access

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