Bird Guide

Mexican Hermit

Phaethornis mexicanus

Least ConcernEndemicNectarForestTiny · 6 g

About the Mexican Hermit

The Mexican hermit is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

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The Mexican hermit is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long. The nominate subspecies has a dusky crown and bronzy green nape and upperparts. The rump feathers are bronzy green with cinnamon edges and the tail is black with white tips to the feathers. The face has black cheeks and pale cinnamon stripes behind the eye and below the cheek. The throat is mostly pale buff and the rest of the underparts are dusky brownish gray with a cinnamon wash on the belly. P. m. Voice: The song of the Mexican hermit's P. m. griseoventer subspecies is "a continuous series of single, metallic notes...'chieh...chieh...chieh...'." Its call is "a shrill, slurred, relatively drawn-out 'skweih'". The vocalizations of the nominate P. m. mexicanus have not been documented. However, both subspecies are known to sing at leks of four to six males.

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Where the Mexican Hermit lives

Regular range

When to see the Mexican Hermit

Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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