Phaethornis longirostris
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) is a bird in the family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds. It is found from central Mexico south through Central America, Colombia and Ecuador into Peru. It has often been considered conspecific with what is now the long-tailed hermit, P. superciliosus, which is found east of the Andes. The two populations were called the western and eastern long-tailed hermits; the "eastern" was dropped after the split into two species and the renaming of the western population.
The South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy assign these four subspecies to the long-billed hermit:
Other subspecies within longirostrus and cephalus have been proposed but have not been accepted. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Long-billed Hermit sighting in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, based on 55 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 157th most-seen of the 325 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-billed Hermit in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August–September and November–April, the lowest months. Those are among Manuel Antonio National Park's wettest months, with about 740 mm of rain a month against 35 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Long-billed Hermit sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
29th of 34
Of the 34 parks where we can rate Long-billed Hermit sightings, Manuel Antonio National Park ranks 29th at under 5%. The best odds are in Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 60%), Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 40%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Long-billed Hermit is recorded against all the birds logged in Manuel Antonio National Park (55 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
