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Planalto Hermit

Phaethornis pretrei

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarWoodlandCup nestTiny · 6 g
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 1
Photo: Thomaz de Carvalho Callado · CC BY 4.0
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 2
Photo: Under the same moon... · CC BY 2.0
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 3
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 4
Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 5
Photo: Joao Quental · CC BY 4.0
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 6
Photo: Thomaz de Carvalho Callado · CC BY 4.0
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 7
Photo: Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen · CC BY 4.0
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 8
Photo: Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen · CC BY 4.0
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 9
Photo: Thomaz de Carvalho Callado · CC BY 4.0
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), photo 10
Photo: Under the same moon... · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

The planalto hermit is about 14 to 16.5 cm (5.5 to 6.5 in) long. Males weigh 4.5 to 7 g (0.16 to 0.25 oz) and females 3 to 5 g (0.11 to 0.18 oz). This medium-sized hermit has mostly olive green upperparts with reddish uppertail coverts. The next-to-inner tail feathers are longer than the others and all have white tips. Their underparts are cinnamon red. The face has a black "mask" with a white supercilium and gular stripe. The sexes are similar but the female has shorter wings and a less strongly decurved bill. Voice: The planalto hermit's song is variable, "often a sequence of evenly-spaced, alternating, single and double notes, e.g. 'ti-tsi...tsi...tsi...tsi...ti-tsi...tsi..tsi', but also sometimes triple-noted phrases such as 'chu-tsi-tsi...chu-tsi-tsi...chu-tsi-tsi...'."

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When to see the Planalto 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 Planalto Hermit

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Argentina Bolivia Paraguay Peru

About the Planalto Hermit

The planalto hermit is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruquiThe white-whiskered hermit is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long. Tawny-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus) Tawny-bellied HermitPhaethornis syrmatophorusThe tawny-bellied hermit is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 5 to 7 g (0.18 to 0.25 oz). Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber) Reddish HermitPhaethornis ruberThe reddish hermit is 8 to 9 cm (3.1 to 3.5 in) long and weighs 1.8 to 3 g (0.06 to 0.11 oz).

Side by side: Green Hermit vs Planalto Hermit · Long-billed Hermit vs Planalto Hermit · Planalto Hermit vs White-whiskered Hermit · Planalto Hermit vs Tawny-bellied Hermit · Planalto Hermit vs Reddish Hermit

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