Great-billed Hermit (Phaethornis malaris)
About the Great-billed Hermit
The great-billed hermit (Phaethornis malaris) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The great-billed hermit's taxonomy is confusing. What are now the long-billed hermit (P. longirostris) and long-tailed hermit (P. superciliosus) were considered conspecific and included many subspecies that are now assigned to the great-billed hermit. A satisfactory taxonomic treatment of the entire P. longirostris/P. superciliosus/P. malaris group is still lacking according to some Neotropical ornithologists. These six subspecies of great-billed hermit are generally recognized: P. m. malaris Nordmann (1835) P. m. insolitus Zimmer (1950) P. m. moorei Lawrence (1858) P. m. ochraceiventris Hellmayr (1907)
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 65 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 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.
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Listed as recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Green HermitPhaethornis guyrecording
- Grey-chinned HermitPhaethornis griseogularisrecording
- Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostrisrecording
- Reddish HermitPhaethornis ruberrecording
- Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularisrecording
- White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruquirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.