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title: "White-whiskered Hermit"
description: "Phaethornis yaruqui — Uccelli. The white-whiskered hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-whiskered-hermit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-whiskered Hermit

> Phaethornis yaruqui — Uccelli. The white-whiskered hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

- Scientific name: *Phaethornis yaruqui*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 749
- Wikidata: [Q259849](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259849)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5633](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5633)

## Names

- en: White-whiskered Hermit
- de: Smaragdschattenkolibri
- es: Ermitaño de Yaruqui
- fr: Ermite yaruqui
- nl: Witsnorheremietkolibrie
- pl: Pustelnik białowąsy

## Countries with the most observations

EC (567), CO (102)

## Summary

The white-whiskered hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

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

## Photo

![White-whiskered Hermit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-whiskered-hermit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129593772

## Machine access

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