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Scale-throated Hermit (Phaethornis eurynome)

Scale-throated Hermit
Photo: Dario Sanches via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Scale-throated Hermit

The scale-throated hermit (Phaethornis eurynome) is a species in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Though the scale-throated hermit is a member of the large genus Phaethornis it seems to have no close relatives. It has two subspecies, the nominate P. e. eurynome and P. e. paraguayensis. A third proposed subspecies, P. e. pinheiroi, has not been accepted by most taxonomists. The supposed "black-billed hermit", described as P. nigrirostris, was proven to be a mutant P. eurynome with an all-black bill.

Source: Scale-throated hermit on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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No audio on this page yet

We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 139 recordings for this species: 14 CC BY-NC-SA · 4 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.