Long-tailed hermit | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Phaethornis |
Species: | P. superciliosus
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Binomial name | |
Phaethornis superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Synonyms | |
Trochilus superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766 |
The long-tailed hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus) is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder in Venezuela, the Guianas, and north-eastern Brazil. This species was formerly referred to as the eastern long-tailed hermit.