Rufous-breasted Hermit
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Rufous-breasted Hermit

Glaucis hirsutus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
1 Verified records at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The rufous-breasted hermit or hairy hermit (Glaucis hirsutus) is a hummingbird that breeds from Panama south to Bolivia, and on Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada. It is a widespread and generally common species, though local populations may change in numbers and disappear altogether in marginal habitat. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas

Glittering-throated Emerald
LC

Glittering-throated Emerald

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chionomesa fimbriata

5–10% · With luck
Gilded Hummingbird
LC

Gilded Hummingbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hylocharis chrysura

5–10% · With luck
🐦 No photo available
LC

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalurania furcata

5–10% · Rare
Buff-bellied Hermit
LC

Buff-bellied Hermit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phaethornis subochraceus

<5% · Rare
Glittering-bellied Emerald
LC

Glittering-bellied Emerald

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorostilbon lucidus

<5% · Rare
Black-throated Mango
LC

Black-throated Mango

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anthracothorax nigricollis

<5% · Rare
White-tailed Goldenthroat
LC Endemic

White-tailed Goldenthroat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Polytmus guainumbi

<5% · Rare
Planalto Hermit
LC

Planalto Hermit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phaethornis pretrei

<5% · Rare
Cinnamon-throated Hermit
LC

Cinnamon-throated Hermit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phaethornis nattereri

<5% · Rare
Blue-tufted Starthroat
LC

Blue-tufted Starthroat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Heliomaster furcifer

Insufficient data
Long-billed Starthroat
LC

Long-billed Starthroat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Heliomaster longirostris

Insufficient data
Versicolored Emerald
LC

Versicolored Emerald

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chrysuronia versicolor

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Rufous-breasted Hermit at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
60–70%
2 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
30–40%
3 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
20–30%
4 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
5 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
6 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
7 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
8 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
5–10%
9 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
5–10%
10 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
5–10%
11 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
5–10%
12 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%
13 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
14 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
15 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
16 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
17 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
18 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
19 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
20 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
21 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
22 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
23 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
24 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
25 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
Insufficient data
26 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
27 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
28 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
29 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
30 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
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