Great-billed Hermit
Phaethornis malaris
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Genus
- Phaethornis
- eBird Code
- grbher1
Vocalizations
Steve Collins · CC_BY_4_0
Francisco Liguori · CC0_1_0
Subspecies (6)
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Phaethornis malaris bolivianus
southeastern Peru to Bolivia and western Brazil (to west bank of Rio Tapajós)
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Phaethornis malaris insolitus
eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil
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Phaethornis malaris malaris
Suriname and French Guiana to adjacent northern Brazil (Amapá)
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Phaethornis malaris margarettae
coastal eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Espírito Santo)
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Phaethornis malaris moorei
eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador and northern Peru
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Phaethornis malaris ochraceiventris
northeastern Peru and western Brazil to lower Rio Madeira (south of the Amazon River)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.