Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Hairy Hermit (Glaucis hirsuta) - HBW 5, p. 538
French: Ermite hirsute
German: Rotschwanz-Schattenkolibri
Spanish: Ermitaño Hirsuto
Other common names: Rufous-breasted Hermit
Taxonomy: Trochilus hirsutus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, north-eastern Brazil.
Sister species of G. aenea, and these two often considered conspecific, but they meet in W Panama and W Colombia without interbreeding; present species interrupts former probably continuous distribution of G. aenea and presumably in gradual process of replacing it. Several attempts have been made to subdivide present species into races, with affinis of the Guianas, mazeppa of CE Brazil, and abrawayae of SE Brazil; these were based on plumage differences in immature and adult males and females, but did not take into consideration intraspecific variation in co.. View all taxonomy...
Sister species of G. aenea, and these two often considered conspecific, but they meet in W Panama and W Colombia without interbreeding; present species interrupts former probably continuous distribution of G. aenea and presumably in gradual process of replacing it. Several attempts have been made to subdivide present species into races, with affinis of the Guianas, mazeppa of CE Brazil, and abrawayae of SE Brazil; these were based on plumage differences in immature and adult males and females, but did not take into consideration intraspecific variation in coloration and measurements independent of geography; only birds from Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago are morphologically separable. Includes “Threnetes grzimeki”, based on immature male plumage. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- insularum Hellmayr & von Seilern-Aspang, 1913 - Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago.
- hirsuta (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - Panama, Colombia W of the Andes, and E of the Andes S to C Bolivia, and through Venezuela to the Guianas and almost all of Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding, with a slow motion (33%) close-up Locality Museu Mello Leitao, Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo State, Brazil (ssp hirsuta)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.9 -
A bird feeding at a flower, in slow motion Locality Cuffie River, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp insularum)
Bruce Steger 27 January 2008 3 years ago 11 sec 4.5 -
A bird in the nest Locality Gilpin Trace, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp insularum)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 January 2007 4 years ago 22 sec 3.8 -
An individual at a feeder Locality Barquilla de Fresa, Las Claritas, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp hirsuta)
Josep del Hoyo 29 April 2000 9 years ago 18 sec 3.7 -
A bird in streamside vegetation Locality Añangu Creek, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp hirsuta)
Richard Garrigues 15 November 2005 5 years ago 1 sec 3.4 -
A bird building a nest Locality El Paujil Natural Reserve, Colombia (ssp hirsuta)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2007 4 years ago 52 sec 3.2
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He feed at me in Maraval..
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
SIRROYALTY 25 October 2010 39 weeks ago 4.5 -
A bird hovering
Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Chris and Megan Perkins 27 November 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Hairy hermit hovering near feeder.
Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp hirsuta)
Fran Trabalon 21 October 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
A bird resting almost at sunset.
Locality Fila Ochoa, Barlovento, Miranda State, Venezuela (ssp affinis)
Eduardo López 24 January 2008 2 years ago 4.3 -
an adult perched in Paramin,Trinidad
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 20 September 2010 7 weeks ago 4 -
A bird approaching to the feeder
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 16 December 2010 1 year ago 3.9
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Flight call. Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
(ssp hirsuta)
Nick Athanas 9 April 2005 2 years ago 3
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