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The pale-bellied hermit is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long. Males weigh 4.5 to 5.5 g (0.16 to 0.19 oz) and females 4 to 5 g (0.14 to 0.18 oz). This medium-sized hermit has dark green to olive green upperparts and light gray underparts. The face has a black "mask" with a buffy supercilium and a mostly white throat. The male's bill is almost straight and the female's is decurved. P. a. hyalinus has more bluish green upperparts and paler underparts than the nominate. Members of the suggested P. a. fuscicapillus have shorter wings and bills than the rest of the nominate. Voice: The pale-bellied hermit's song has not been well described. Its calls are "rather piercing, high-pitched notes".
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When to see the Pale-bellied 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 Pale-bellied Hermit
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Pale-bellied Hermit
The pale-bellied hermit is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
White-bearded HermitPhaethornis hispidusThe white-bearded hermit is about 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 4 to 6 g (0.14 to 0.21 oz).
Great-billed HermitPhaethornis malarisThe great-billed hermit is 13 to 17.5 cm (5.1 to 6.9 in) long.
Grey-chinned HermitPhaethornis griseogularisThe nominate P. g. griseogularis and P. g. zonura subspecies of grey-chinned hermit are 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in) long; males weigh 1.8 to 2.5 g (0.06 to 0.09 oz) and females 1.9 to 3 g (0.07 to 0.11 oz).
Side by side: Pale-bellied Hermit vs Scale-throated Hermit · Pale-bellied Hermit vs White-bearded Hermit · Great-billed Hermit vs Pale-bellied Hermit · Grey-chinned Hermit vs Pale-bellied Hermit
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