Rufous-breasted Hermit

Glaucis hirsutus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Spanish: Ermitaño Hirsuto

The Rufous-breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsutus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Phaethornithinae (hermits). It weighs about 6.8 g and its bill is 33.1 mm long. It lives in 12 countries, including Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Peru and Panama. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.8 g, about 7 paperclips

Bill

33.1 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Phaethornithinae hermits
3. Genus Glaucis hermits

Where it lives · 12 countries

• Colombia
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Brazil
• Peru
• Panama
• Ecuador
• Venezuela
• Grenada
• Suriname
• French Guiana
• Bolivia
• Guyana

Others in the genus Glaucis

• Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
• Hook-billed Hermit Glaucis dohrnii

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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