Phaethornis philippii (Bourcier, 1847)

Machado, Tatiana Lemos da Silva, Marques de Oliveira, Uéslei, Santos do Nascimento, Sheiliane, Santos, Marcos Pérsio Dantas & Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto, 2021, Preliminary survey of avifauna of the Estação Ecológica do Cuniã in Porto Velho, northern Brazil, Check List 17 (1), pp. 289-310 : 298-299

Phaethornis philippii (Bourcier, 1847)

Figure 5F Records. BRAZIL – Rondônia • Porto Velho, Esta-

ção Ecológica de Cuniã; first record on 26.I.2018; captured with mist-nets and banded; plots T01, T02, T04, T05, T07, T08, T09, T10, T12, T15, T17, T18, T19, T20, T22, T23, T24, T25, T27, T28, T29, R02, R03, R04, R05, R06, R07, R08, R09, R10, R11, R12, R15, R16, R17, R18; CEMAVE-A54901.

Remarks. This species was the most abundant in the study grid at ESEC-Cuniã and was observed frequently in all the different habitat types, both in várzea forest and more open areas. Apparently, the species is not a habitat specialist.

Identification. This species has a mean body length of 14 cm. The superciliary and infra-ocular bands are ochre and delimited by a black line. The upper plumage is green-ochraceous, and the wings are black. The underparts are orangey-ochre. Central tail feathers are elongated and with white tips.