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The rufous-breasted hermit is 10.7 cm (4.2 in) long and weighs 7 g (0.25 oz) on average. The bill measures around 3.3 cm (1.3 in) and is strongly decurved, long and thin – though compared to the bills of other hummingbirds, it is rather robust. The rufous-breasted hermit has a brownish head, bronze-green upperparts and rufous underparts. The tail has green central feathers and rufous outer feathers, all tipped white. The bill has a yellow lower mandible and a black upper mandible.
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When to see the Rufous-breasted Hermit
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous-breasted Hermit
The map shades 12 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in France.
About the Rufous-breasted Hermit
The rufous-breasted hermit or hairy hermit 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.
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Easily confused with
Bronzy HermitGlaucis aeneusThe bronzy hermit is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long.
Hook-billed HermitGlaucis dohrniiThe hook-billed hermit is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long.
Side by side: Bronzy Hermit vs Rufous-breasted Hermit
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