Birds of the World

Genus Glaucis includes three species of hermits (brown forest-dwelling hummingbirds) that unlike most don't have a long central tail feathers.


Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus) Range: MA, SA: Honduras to Ecuador Puerto Quito, Ecuador
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.

Genus 'glaucis' does not have a long central tail feather.


Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii) Vulnerable Range: SA: se Brazil Bahia, Brazil
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsutus hirsutus) Range: MA, SA: Panama to Brazil and ne Bolivia. Also Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago. Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Locally common and more likely to leave the forest than other hermits.
From back.
In flight.
A rufous-less immature.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba