Hook-billed Hermit
Glaucis dohrnii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852)
Spanish: Ermitaño de Espírito Santo
The Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Phaethornithinae (hermits). It weighs about 5.8 g and its bill is 28.4 mm long. It is found only in Brazil. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 5.8 g, about 6 paperclips
- Bill
- 28.4 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Vulnerable, decreasing
- Endemic
- Found only in Brazil
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Phaethornithinae hermits
- Genus Glaucis hermits
Where it lives · 1 country
Others in the genus Glaucis
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
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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