Listen to the Stripe-throated hermit
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About the Stripe-throated hermit
The Stripe-throated hermit is a bird in the family Trochilidae (order Apodiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Stripe-throated 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 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 stripe-throated hermit (Phaethornis striigularis) is a species of hummingbird from Central America and north-western South America. It is generally fairly common and considered Least Concern by BirdLife International.
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 Stripe-throated hermit sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the Stripe-throated hermit on this page, including its song and lek song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Stripe-throated hermit endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Stripe-throated hermit as “least concern”.
What family does the Stripe-throated hermit belong to?
The Stripe-throated hermit (Phaethornis striigularis) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Lek song · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Lek song · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q875964 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Stripe-throated hermit – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Jerry Oldenettel from Socorro, NM, USA – CC BY-SA 2.0