Hummingbirds

White-whiskered Hermit

Phaethornis yaruqui

The White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) is a 5.4 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

5.4 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

2

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist