Reddish Hermit

Phaethornis ruber

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarForestCup nestTiny · 2 g

What the Reddish Hermit sounds like

Sonogram of the Reddish Hermit: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by MARCIO ALVES CARDOSO · Song · Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The reddish hermit is 8 to 9 cm (3.1 to 3.5 in) long and weighs 1.8 to 3 g (0.06 to 0.11 oz). All subspecies are generally dark green and rufous on the upperparts and cinnamon rufous on the underparts. Males have a black band on the chest and the tail feather have narrow white or reddish tips. Females have lighter underparts than the males. P. r. episcopus is about the same size as the nominate but has orange-rufous rather than cinnamon-rufous underparts and white tips to the tail. P. r. nigricinctus is the smallest subspecies; it has the richest rufous underparts. P. r. Voice: The reddish hermit's song is "a high-pitched phrase repeated incessantly with clear pauses between phrases...evenly-spaced, slightly descending, single notes followed by a number of accelerating descending notes, e.g. 'tsee....tsee...tsee...tsee.tse.tsitsi'." It frequently sings for long periods at leks. It has "long whining calls" made while hovering and a "stip!" flight call.

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When to see the Reddish Hermit

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Reddish Hermit

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Reddish Hermit

The reddish hermit is a species of bird in the family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and the Guianas.

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Easily confused with

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