Koepcke's Hermit Phaethornis koepckeae
Version: 1.0 — Published November 20, 2015
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Sounds and Vocal Behavior
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Vocalizations
The song of Koepcke's Hermit is a ringing, buzzy series of short notes: b'zee b'zee b'zee" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).
Calls of Koepcke's Hermit include "a ringing, rising tchwee or tchwing" and a descending, accelerating series of high notes (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).
There are very few known audio recordings of vocalizations of Koepcke's Hermit; examples can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported, other than the whirring sound produced by the wings in flight, audible at close range.