Listen to the Grey-chinned hermit
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About the Grey-chinned hermit
The Grey-chinned hermit is a bird in the family Trochilidae (order Apodiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 2 g.
What does the Grey-chinned hermit sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as 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 grey-chinned hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is native to the tepuis and northern Andes.
Related birds in the genus Phaethornis
More from the family Trochilidae
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Sword-billed hummingbird
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Ruby-throated hummingbird
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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 Grey-chinned hermit sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Grey-chinned hermit on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Grey-chinned hermit endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Grey-chinned hermit as “least concern”.
What family does the Grey-chinned hermit belong to?
The Grey-chinned hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1267407 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Grey-chinned hermit – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Gould, John; Hullmandel & Walton; Richter, Henry Constantine; Walter & Cohn – Public domain