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The broad-tipped hermit is about 11 to 12.6 cm (4.3 to 5.0 in) long and weighs about 2.6 to 3.4 g (0.092 to 0.12 oz). It is one of the smaller hermit hummingbirds. Its upperparts are bronzy green and its underparts mostly light brownish to ochraceous. It has a black "mask" and white supercilium and malar stripe. It It has a dark brown throat with an orangy border. Its name derives from its bill, whose maxilla is wide and overlaps the mandible. Its two inner pairs of tail feathers are longer than the others, and all have white tips. Voice: The broad-tipped hermit's song is "a rising and falling bisyllablic series of notes 'si-lew' repeated continuously...ometimes altered with a longer 'suweesi'."
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When to see the Broad-tipped Hermit
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Broad-tipped Hermit
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Broad-tipped Hermit
The broad-tipped hermit is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Orange-throated SunangelHeliangelus mavorsThe orange-throated sunangel is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 3.9 to 4.4 g (0.14 to 0.16 oz).
Hyacinth VisorbearerAugastes scutatusHyacinth visorbearer males are 8.1 to 9.9 cm (3.2 to 3.9 in) long and weigh 3 to 4 g (0.11 to 0.14 oz).
Beautiful SheartailCalothorax pulcherThe beautiful sheartail is 7.7 to 9 cm (3.0 to 3.5 in) long and weighs about 2.2 to 3 g (0.078 to 0.11 oz).
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