South-eastern Brazil (southern Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina; also recorded in Rio Grande do Sul).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, colonisation and associated road-building, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius) [XC570387]
by Daniel Hinckley from Rua Coletor Irineu Comeli, 1487 (near S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9, Santa Catarina), S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9, Santa Catarina, Brazil (song)
Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius) [XC229007]
by Jeremy Minns from Ubatuba - Folha Seca road, Sao Paulo, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes considered more closely related to genus Androdon, and placed in Trochilinae, but most morphological characters link it to hermits, in particular to genera Eutoxeres, Glaucis and Threnetes. Genus often considered to include Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii). Description of subspecies freitasi did not consider intraspecific variation related to age and sex.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet