Mexican Hermit (Phaethornis mexicanus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Mexican Hermit Phaethornis mexicanus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Phaethornis longirostris, P. mexicanus and P. baroni (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as P. longirostris following SACC (2005), and before then were also lumped with P. superciliosus as P. superciliosus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	251,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	20000-49999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2019
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.19 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number fewer than 50,000 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019), thus the population is here placed in the band 20,000-49,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification:

The species is undergoing a moderate decline (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Mexico	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mexican Hermit Phaethornis mexicanus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mexican-hermit-phaethornis-mexicanus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.