Phaethornis longirostris
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-billed Hermit sighting in Tikal National Park on a given day, based on 143 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 150th most-seen of the 300 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Long-billed Hermit in Tikal National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and June, the lowest months.
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.
22nd of 34
Of the 34 parks where we can rate Long-billed Hermit sightings, Tikal National Park ranks 22nd at about 10%. 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 Tikal National Park (143 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.
