Mexican Hermit (Phaethornis mexicanus)
About the Mexican Hermit
The Mexican hermit (Phaethornis mexicanus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Mexico. The Mexican hermit was previously treated as a subspecies of the long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris). Following two 2013 publications, the North American Classification Committee (NACC) of the American Ornithological Society in 2015 recognized it as a separate species. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), the Clements taxonomy, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World followed suit. The Mexican hermit has two subspecies, the nominate P. m. mexicanus and P. m. griseoventer.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 5 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Green HermitPhaethornis guyrecording
- Grey-chinned HermitPhaethornis griseogularisrecording
- Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostrisrecording
- Reddish HermitPhaethornis ruberrecording
- Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularisrecording
- White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruquirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.