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Great-billed hermit

Phaethornis malaris (Nordmann, 1835)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The great-billed hermit (Phaethornis malaris) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 5.5 g to 6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Great-billed hermit (Phaethornis malaris)
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the great-billed hermit

Weight
5.5 g – 6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the great-billed hermit live?

Not recorded

What is the great-billed hermit?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The great-billed hermit (Phaethornis malaris) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Great-billed hermit” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great-billed_hermit&oldid=1341526124), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the great-billed hermit endangered?

The great-billed hermit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the great-billed hermit classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusPhaethornis
  7. SpeciesPhaethornis malaris (Nordmann, 1835)

Synonyms Trochilus malaris

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • colibrí ermità becgròsCatalan
  • kolibřík dlouhozobýCzech
  • meudwy pigbraffWelsh
  • Langnæbbet EremitDanish
  • LangschnabeleremitGerman
  • DunkelschattenkolibriGerman
  • Dunkler SchattenkolibriGerman
  • Langschnabel-EremitGerman
  • grandbeka ermitkolibroEsperanto
  • Ermitaño picograndeSpanish
  • Ermitaño de Pico GrandeSpanish
  • ermitaño piquigrandeSpanish
  • guayananerakkokolibriFinnish
  • Ermite à long becFrench
  • krupnokljuni kolibrićCroatian
  • nagycsőrű remetekolibriHungarian
  • Eremita beccogrossoItalian
  • オオユミハシハチドリJapanese
  • didžiasnapis saulėtasis kolibrisLithuanian
  • LangsnavelheremietkolibrieDutch
  • stornebberemittNorwegian
  • pustelnik wielkodziobyPolish
  • eremita-de-bico-grossoPortuguese
  • Besourão-de-bico-grandePortuguese
  • rabo-branco-de-bico-grandePortuguese
  • Длиннокрылый солнечный колибриRussian
  • Большеклювый колибри-отшельникRussian
  • slnečníček veľkozobýSlovak
  • Krupnokljuni kolibri pustinjakSerbian
  • tjocknäbbad eremitSwedish
  • Muhteşem Gagalı HermitTurkish
  • ерміт довгодзьобийUkrainian
  • 大嘴隐蜂鸟Chinese
  • 大嘴隱蜂鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the great-billed hermit

Other species in the same genus Phaethornis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the great-billed hermit?

An adult great-billed hermit weighs 5.5 g – 6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the great-billed hermit endangered?

The great-billed hermit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the great-billed hermit?

The great-billed hermit (Phaethornis malaris) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Great-billed hermit (Phaethornis malaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/great-billed-hermit

MLA

“Great-billed hermit (Phaethornis malaris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/great-billed-hermit.

BibTeX
@misc{great_billed_hermit_2026,
  title = {Great-billed hermit (Phaethornis malaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/great-billed-hermit},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}