Hummingbirds

Great-billed Hermit

Phaethornis malaris

The Great-billed Hermit (Phaethornis malaris) is a 5.9 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

5.9 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, GF, Suriname, Venezuela.

Where to see it: Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); Camp Bonaventure (French Guiana); Refugio Los Volcanes (Bolivia); Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA) (Peru); Manu Biolodge (anteriormente Estación Biológica Villa Carmen) (Peru).

Photo: (c) Cullen Hanks, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist