Cinnamon-throated Hermit

Phaethornis nattereri Berlepsch, 1887

Spanish: Ermitaño de Natterer

The Cinnamon-throated Hermit (Phaethornis nattereri) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Phaethornithinae (hermits). It weighs about 3.1 g and its bill is 26.1 mm long. It lives in Brazil and Bolivia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.1 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

26.1 mm

Lives in

Woodland

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Phaethornithinae hermits
3. Genus Phaethornis hermits

What Phaethornis share: Long, curved bills and long central tail feathers, often white-tipped. Males gather in leks to sing.

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Brazil
• Bolivia

Others in the genus Phaethornis

• Minute Hermit Phaethornis idaliae
• Black-throated Hermit Phaethornis atrimentalis
• Tapajos Hermit Phaethornis aethopygus
• Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
• Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus
• Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis
• Streak-throated Hermit Phaethornis rupurumii
• Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
• Dusky-throated Hermit Phaethornis squalidus
• White-browed Hermit Phaethornis stuarti

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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