 Straight-billed Hermit [order] Apodiformes | [family] Trochilidae | [latin] Phaethornis bourcieri | [UK] Straight-billed Hermit | [FR] Ermite de Bourcier | [DE] Braunbauch-Schattenkolibri | [ES] Ermitano Piquirrecto | [IT] Colibri del sole di Bourcier | [NL] Priemsnavel-heremietkolibrie
Subspecies
Physical charateristicsDiffers from other Pheathornis by its long straight bill. Upper parts bronze green. feathers edged black. upper tail coverts buff. Narrow eyebrow stripe, throat white and other upper parts digny grey-buff. Tail brozne green with a black band and buff tips. Central feathers tipped white. Sexes are alike. Upperbill black, lower mandible orange to red.
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RangeRanges from Southern Clombia to the Guianas, upper Amazonia to East Ecuador and Peru. In Suriname common in undergrowth of forest in the savannah and the interior.
HabitatPrefers the understorey of rainforest, humid upper tropical forest, second growth, bamboo thickets and shrubs.
ReproductionNest is a cone-shaped cup hanging from a large leaf. Clutch size is 1-3 eggs incubated for about 17 days by female only. Young fledge after about 23 days.
Feeding habitsDiet consists of nectar of flowers and sometimes anthropods.
ConservationThis species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 2,700,000 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as ‘frequent’ in at least parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
MigrationSedentary throughout range
Distribution map
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