Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Hummingbirds :: Rufous-breasted Hermit

Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsuta

Described by: Gmelin, J. F. (1788)
Alternate common name(s): Hairy Hermit, Grzimek's Barbthroat
Old scientific name(s): Threnetes grzimeki, Glaucis hirsutus

Photographs

Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago - Jul, 1989 © Allen Chartier  Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Nov, 2006 © Arthur Grosset  Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Nov, 2006 © Arthur Grosset  Cumaceba Lodge, near Iquitos, Peru - Jan, 2005 © R S Scanlon  La Selva Lodge, Ecuador - Nov, 2005 © Lou Hegedus 
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Range

S. West Indies, ex. s. Central America through Amazonian South America to e. Brazil;
(1) West Indies in the s. Lesser Antilles (Grenada), Trinidad and Tobago.
(2) C. and e. Panama, n. Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana, Brazil (Bahia) to e. Ecuador, e. Peru, n. and e. Bolivia.
Grzimek's Barbthroat: Espirito Santo, Brazil.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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