Listen to the green hermit
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About the green hermit
The green hermit is a bird in the family Trochilidae (order Apodiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 5 g.
What does the green hermit sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as flight call and lek song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The green hermit (Phaethornis guy) is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from southern Central America (Costa Rica and Panama) south to northern South America (north-eastern Venezuela and Trinidad, and the northern Andes of eastern Peru)
Related birds in the genus Phaethornis
More from the family Trochilidae
Anna's hummingbird
Calypte anna
Sword-billed hummingbird
Ensifera ensifera
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Calliope hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Sparkling violetear
Colibri coruscans
Black-chinned hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
Mexican violetear
Colibri thalassinus
White-tipped sicklebill
Eutoxeres aquila
Frequently asked questions
What does a green hermit sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the green hermit on this page, including its flight call and lek song. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the green hermit endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the green hermit as “least concern”.
What family does the green hermit belong to?
The green hermit (Phaethornis guy) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources & credits
- Flight call · Zamora-Chinchipe: between Chito and Laurel, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Lek song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1076873 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Green hermit – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by lwolfartist – CC BY 2.0