Saw-billed Hermit - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Jamfaraco
SC, Brazil, May 2005

Ramphodon naevius

Identification

14-16 cm (5½-6¼ in)

• Straight bill with hooked tip
• Buffy supercilium
• Orange throat with a dark stripe down the middle
• Pale lower mandible
• Heavily streaked breast
• Roundish tail with buffy-brown tips

The name "saw-billed" comes from tiny serrations on the bill.

Distribution

Female
Photo by Aracari
Rio Quilombo valley, Cubatão - Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 2006

South America: found in the lowlands of south-eastern Brazil (southern Minas Gerais Santa Catarina).

Taxonomy

This is either a monotypic species^[1], or it has an additional subspecies freitasi^[2].

Habitat

Secondary Atlantic slope rainforest and gardens.

This bird is considered of great importance in the spreading of seeds of bromeliads in the Atlantic Rainforest.

Behaviour

Diet

These birds are "trap-line feeders" (visiting plants for nectar along a fairly long route).

Breeding

Photo by Francisco Paludo
Morretes, PR, Brazil, May 2017

Their nest is a loosely built cone-shaped cup made from plant material.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. BF Member observations
5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Saw-billed Hermit. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 December 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Saw-billed_Hermit

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