Abundance: 0.50 to 26.87% (median 3.26%)
Latitudinal range: -23.8° to 17.6°Habitats: temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (11), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (38), tropical/subtropical savanna (6)
Found in 56 samples
Belize: Blue Creek Village (Field Station), Blue Creek Village (Indian Village), Blue Creek Village (Pig Alley), Hill Bank
Bolivia: Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, El Porvenir (birds)
Brazil: Nova Era, Tapajós National Forest (gap), Tapajós National Forest (forest), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Site KM41, Säo Paulo Metropolitan Area, Jarí Celulose S.A. (terra firme, control), Serra da Canastra National Park, Jaù National Park (near stream), Jaù National Park (plateau), Fazenda Brejäo, Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande, Uberabinha River, Pontal do Paranapanema, Jutaituba, Serra do Condurù State Park, AC1, AC2, Lago Amaña (terra firme, wet season), Lago Amaña (terra firme, dry season), Federal University of Acre, Reserva Biológica Guaribas (Sema 1), Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Engenho Gargaù, Vermelho River (edge), Vermelho River (interior)
Colombia: Mirití Paranâ River, Otùn-Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (secondary forest), Otùn-Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary (ash plantation), Reserva Forestal Protectora Bosques de la CHEC (plantación de aliso), Reserva Forestal Protectora Bosques de la CHEC (bosque secundario)
Costa Rica: La Selva Biological Station (gap), La Selva Biological Station (intact forest)
Ecuador: Tiputini Biodiversity Station (Harpia, 2001), Podocarpus National Park
Guatemala: Puerto Barrios (mist netted birds)
Honduras: Centro de Investigacíon y Jardín Botânico Lancetilla
Mexico: Palomares
Nicaragua: Siuna (birds, primary forest), Siuna (birds, secondary forest), Siuna (birds, allspice), Siuna (birds, pasture)
Panama: Chiva Chiva Road (early shrub), Chiva Chiva Road (late shrub), Pipeline Road, Limbo Hunt Club (gap), Limbo Hunt Club (forest), Mamoní Valley
Paraguay: Para La Tierra Biological Station
Peru: West of Pucallpa, Plantación Tupac
Venezuela: Imataca Forest Reserve Unit 5
See also Phaethornis atrimentalis, Phaethornis bourcieri, Phaethornis eurynome, Phaethornis griseoregularis, Phaethornis hispidus, Phaethornis idaliae, Phaethornis longirostris, Phaethornis longuemareus, Phaethornis malaris, Phaethornis nattereri, Phaethornis philippii, Phaethornis pretrei, Phaethornis ruber, Phaethornis striigularis, Phaethornis superciliosus, Phaethornis syrmatophorus