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Rufous-breasted Hermit
Glaucis hirsutus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Rufous-breasted Hermit, Glaucis hirsutus, breeds in Middle America and South America from Panama to Brazil and north Bolivia, and also on Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago. It is a hummingbird of forest undergrowth, often close to running water, and is generally common across a wide area. Its bill is long, thin and strongly curved, with a yellow lower mandible and a black upper mandible. The sexes are alike, though the male shows yellow streaking on the upper mandible and the female is slightly duller. Its call is a high-pitched sweet.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Panama to Brazil and ne Bolivia. Also Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.
