Rufous-breasted Hermit
Common name: Rufous-breasted Hermit
Scientific name: Glaucis hirsutus
Clades: Phaethornithinae - Hermits
The Rufous-breasted hermit is 10.7 cm (4.2 in) long and weighs 7 g (0.25 oz) on average.
The Rufous-breasted Hermits have rufous underparts without an elongated central tail feather. There is a yellow lower mandible on the long decurved bill. In addition to its rounded tail, it has a black band at the base of the tail, and small white tips on each of its feathers. Hermits look similar from the outside, but the tail shape and underpart color should be enough to distinguish them. Understory species that feeds on Heliconia flowers and is fairly shy.
2 subspecies:
G. h. insularum
Distribution Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago.G. h. hirsutus
Distribution C Panama to Colombia W of Andes, and E of Andes S to C Bolivia, and through Venezuela to the Guianas and N, W and E Brazil.
taken in Peru
taken in Trinidad and Tobago
