Typically this species forages fairly low, only occasionally at canopy-level. It has also been observed piercing the base of flowers to get nectar that otherwise would be out of reach sometimes it take small insects. The stripe-throated hermit feeds on flower- nectar taken by trap-lining. Mainly found in lowlands and foothills, it has exceptionally been recorded up to an altitude of 1,800 m (5,900 ft) ASL. forest, woodland, clearings, thickets and gardens typically in humid regions, but locally also in drier, deciduous habitats (e.g. This hummingbird is found in a wide range of wooded habitats, e.g. As far as known, it is essentially a resident species, but some local movements may occur. It occurs in southern Mexico (north-eastern Oaxaca and southern Veracruz east to southern Quintana Roo), Belize, north-eastern Guatemala, northern and eastern Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, western, central and northern Colombia (mainly Pacific lowlands and the Magdalena valley region), western Ecuador (south to El Oro) and north-eastern Venezuela (both slopes of the Andes and northern mountains). The taxon adolphi is considered a junior synonym of saturatus by most authorities. striigularis, may deserve species status, in which case it would become the dusky hermit or Boucard's hermit ( P. It has been suggested that the mainly Central American taxon saturatus, which typically is considered a subspecies of P.

At present most, if not all, major authorities accept the split ( SACC, the Clements check list, the Howard & Moore check list, etc.). longuemareus), but morphological data suggest it may be closer to the grey-chinned hermit ( P. The stripe-throated hermit has, together with several other small hermits, often been considered a subspecies of the little hermit ( P. Its exact structure varies over the species' range. The male has a song which is high-pitched, squeaky, monotonous and easily overheard. Juveniles apparently have the entire back pale rufous.

The basal half of the lower mandible is yellow, but otherwise the entire bill is black. As in most other hermits, it has a long, decurved bill. The flight-feathers and tail are blackish the latter tipped whitish to ochraceous depending on the subspecies involved.

The face has a blackish 'bandit-mask' border above by a whitish-buff supercilium and below by whitish-buff malar. The wing-coverts, mantle, nape and crown are dull iridescent green, the rump is pale rufous, the belly and flanks are buff, and the central underparts and throat are pale greyish brown, the latter with small dark streaks that often are faint and difficult to see. With a total length of 9–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in) and a weight of 2–3 g (0.071–0.106 oz), it is among the smaller species of hermits.

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