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Hook-billed Hermit

Glaucis dohrnii

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableEndemicNectarForestCup nestTiny · 6 g
Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii), photo 1
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii), photo 2
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii), photo 3
Photo: Thomaz de Carvalho Callado · CC BY 4.0
Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii), photo 4
Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0
Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii), photo 5
Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0
Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii), photo 6
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii), photo 7
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0

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The hook-billed hermit is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long. Males weigh 6 to 9 g (0.21 to 0.32 oz) and females 5.5 to 7 g (0.19 to 0.25 oz). Its upperparts are greenish bronze and the underparts cinnamon. The face has a white supercilium and "moustache" and is otherwise dusky. The tail is metallic bronze with white-tipped outer feathers. Its bill is nearly straight. The sexes have essentially the same plumage though the female's underparts are somewhat paler than the male's. Voice: The hook-billed hermit's song is described as similar to those of the rufous-breasted hermit (G. hirsutus), a "rapid 'seep-seep-seep'", and the saw-billed hermit (Ramphodon naevius), "a descending series...of 'seee' notes."

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When to see the Hook-billed Hermit

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Hook-billed Hermit

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil

About the Hook-billed Hermit

The hook-billed hermit is a threatened species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to a small area of Brazil.

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Easily confused with

Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus) Bronzy HermitGlaucis aeneusThe bronzy hermit is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long. Rufous-breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsutus) Rufous-breasted HermitGlaucis hirsutusThe rufous-breasted hermit is 10.7 cm (4.2 in) long and weighs 7 g (0.25 oz) on average.

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