Perched. If seen from below, the lower mandible is red. | ||||||
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Note small size. | ||||||||||||
A relatively large hermit, with distinctive coloration. A bit more likely to leave the forest than most hermits. | ||||||
Feeding at flowers. | ||||||
A large hummingbird with a long central tail feather. | ||||||||||||
A large hermit, the Amazon version of Long-billed Hermit, with no overlap. Also similar to Long-tailed Hermit but that species has a 'gular stripe' from chin to neck (HBW). Bird at active net with two white eggs. | ||||||
Nest with egg. Not a hanging nest as some hermits make. | ||||||
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A small hermit found low in shadowy areas, and not easy to see well. In flight. | ||||||
Note 'gular stripe' (from chin to neck) and ochraceous bands on uppertail coverts (rump) when comparing to very similar Great-billed Hermit (HBW). | ||||||
Common at mid altitudes, but almost never seen perched. A bird resting at nest in an amazing curved-spine position. | ||||||||||||
A thin medium-sized hermit, greener than most hermits in this genus, but smaller than the Green Hermit (and with white whiskers). | ||||||
