Rufous-breasted Hermit
Glaucis hirsutus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderApodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds)
- FamilyTrochilidae (Hummingbirds)
- GenusGlaucis (Glaucis Hermits)
- SpeciesGlaucis hirsutus (Rufous-breasted Hermit)
Closest Relatives at Itatiaia National Park
Brazilian Ruby
Clytolaema rubricauda
Violet-capped Woodnymph
Thalurania glaucopis
Scale-throated Hermit
Phaethornis eurynome
White-throated Hummingbird
Leucochloris albicollis
Black Jacobin
Florisuga fusca
Frilled Coquette
Lophornis magnificus
Green-crowned Plovercrest
Stephanoxis lalandi
Versicolored Emerald
Chrysuronia versicolor
Black-eared Fairy
Heliothryx auritus
Dusky-throated Hermit
Phaethornis squalidus
Planalto Hermit
Phaethornis pretrei
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Eupetomena macroura
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Rufous-breasted Hermit at Itatiaia National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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