Phaethornithinae

Belongs within: Trochilidae.

The Phaethornithinae, hermits, are a group of relatively dull-coloured, usually sexually monomorphic hummingbirds, often with downcurved bills.

<==PhaethornithinaeGZ98
    |--Eutoxeres Reichenbach 1849BKB15, B94 [Eutoxerinae]
    |    |--E. aquilaBKB15
    |    `--E. condaminiBKB15
    `--+--+--ThrenetesBKB15
       |  |    |--T. leucurusBKB15
       |  |    |--T. nigerAP21
       |  |    `--T. ruckeriBKB15
       |  |         |--T. r. ruckeriE52
       |  |         `--T. r. ventosusE52
       |  `--+--Ramphodon Lesson 1830BKB15, B94 [incl. Grypus Spix 1824 non Germar 1817B94; Ramphodontinae]
       |     |    `--R. naeviusBKB15
       |     `--Glaucis Boie 1831BKB15, B94 [Glaucidinae]
       |          |--G. aeneusBKB15
       |          |--G. dohrniiJT12 [=Ramphodon dohrniiUSDI77]
       |          |--G. hirsutusBKB15
       |          |    |--G. h. hirsutusS18
       |          |    `--G. h. affinisS18
       |          `--G. melanuraSS66
       `--Phaethornis Swainson 1827BKB15, B94
            |  i. s.: P. adolphiS18
            |         P. aethopygusAP21
            |         P. idaliaeJT12
            |         P. mexicanusAP21
            |         P. nattereriJT12
            |         P. rupurumiiJT12
            |         P. squalidusJT12
            |         P. stuartiJT12
            |--+--P. syrmatophorusBKB15
            |  `--+--P. longirostrisBKB15
            |     |    |--P. l. longirostrisS18
            |     |    `--P. l. cephalusS18
            |     `--+--+--P. guyBKB15
            |        |  |    |--P. g. guyE52
            |        |  |    `--P. g. coruscusE52
            |        |  `--P. yaruquiBKB15
            |        `--+--P. malarisBKB15
            |           `--P. superciliosusBKB15
            |                |--P. s. superciliosusE52
            |                `--P. s. cassiniiE52
            `--+--+--P. anthophilusBKB15
               |  `--+--P. longuemareusBKB15
               |     |    |--P. l. longuemareusE52
               |     |    `--P. l. saturatusE52 [=P. adolphi saturatusS18]
               |     `--+--+--P. atrimentalisBKB15
               |        |  `--P. ruberBKB15
               |        `--+--P. griseogularisBKB15
               |           `--P. striigularisBKB15
               `--+--+--+--P. augustiBKB15
                  |  |  `--P. pretreiBKB15
                  |  `--+--P. eurynomeBKB15
                  |     `--P. subochraceusBKB15
                  `--+--+--P. bourcieriBKB15
                     |  `--P. hispidusBKB15
                     `--+--P. koepckeaeBKB15
                        `--P. philippiiBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[E52] Eisenmann, E. 1952. Annotated list of birds of Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (5): 1–62.

[GZ98] Gerwin, J. A., & R. M. Zink. 1998. Phylogenetic patterns in the Trochilidae. Auk 115 (1): 105–118.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

[USDI77] United States Department of the Interior. 1977. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants—republication of list of species. Federal Register 42: 36420–36431.