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The dusky-throated hermit is 10 to 12.5 cm (3.9 to 4.9 in) long and weighs 2.5 to 3.5 g (0.088 to 0.12 oz). A medium-sized hermit hummingbird, it is generally brownish with a greenish back and ochraceous underparts and has a black "mask," white supercilium, malar stripe, and a dark brown throat. The sexes are generally alike, though the female may have paler underparts and a slightly more decurved bill. Voice: The dusky-throated hermit's song is "a complex warbling high-pitched phrase repeated continuously...e.g. 'tsi-teeé-tsa-tsa-tseé-CHAW-CHAW'." Its call is "a high-pitched 'tsee!'."
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When to see the Dusky-throated Hermit
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Dusky-throated Hermit
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Dusky-throated Hermit
The dusky-throated hermit is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Little HermitPhaethornis longuemareusThe little hermit is a hummingbird that is a resident breeder in north-eastern Venezuela, northern Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Trinidad.
Black-throated HermitPhaethornis atrimentalisThe black-chinned hermit is about 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long, with P. a. riojae being larger than the nominate.
Koepcke's HermitPhaethornis koepckeaeKoepcke's hermit is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long.
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