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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Phaethornis

Sooty-capped Hermit

Phaethornis augusti

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (socher1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Phaethornis

Subspecies (3)

Phaethornis augusti augusti

Colombia (eastern Andes and Macarena Mountains) to mountains of northern Venezuela
Phaethornis augusti curiosus

Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia)
Phaethornis augusti incanescens

tepuis of southeastern Venezuela, adjacent Guyana and northern Brazil

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (socher1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.