Great-billed Hermit (Moorei form)

(Phaetornis malaris moorei) B28I4440 Waqanki - Moyobamba - North Peru

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The Great-billed Hermit's taxonomy is confusing. Long-billed Hermit (P. longirostris) and Long-tailed Hermit (P. superciliosus) were considered conspecific and included many subspecies that are now assigned to the Great-billed Hermit.

A satisfactory taxonomic treatment of the entire P. longirostris/P. superciliosus/P. malaris group is still lacking according to some Neotropical ornithologists.

 

These six subspecies of Great-billed Hermit are generally recognized:

 

P. m. malaris Nordmann (1835)

P. m. insolitus Zimmer (1950)

P. m. moorei Lawrence (1858)

P. m. ochraceiventris Hellmayr (1907)

P. m. bolivianus Gould (1861)

P. m. margarettae Ruschi (1972)

 

 

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