Listen to the Long-billed hermit
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About the Long-billed hermit
The Long-billed hermit is a bird in the family Trochilidae (order Apodiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Long-billed hermit sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and 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 long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) is a bird in the family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds. It is found from central Mexico south through Central America, Colombia and Ecuador into Peru.
Related birds in the genus Phaethornis
More from the family Trochilidae
Anna's hummingbird
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Sword-billed hummingbird
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Ruby-throated hummingbird
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Calliope hummingbird
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Sparkling violetear
Colibri coruscans
Black-chinned hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
Mexican violetear
Colibri thalassinus
White-tipped sicklebill
Eutoxeres aquila
Frequently asked questions
What does a Long-billed hermit sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Long-billed hermit on this page, including its song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Long-billed hermit endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Long-billed hermit as “least concern”.
What family does the Long-billed hermit belong to?
The Long-billed hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Wimpi, south of Krausirpi, Departamento de gracias a dios… by Oliver Komar – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1055821 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Long-billed hermit – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francesco Veronesi from Italy – CC BY-SA 2.0