Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus)

Other Scientific Names
Glaucis aenea [BirdLife International (2004)], Glaucis aenea [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Glaucis aenea [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Bronzy Hermit, Bronze Hermit, Chestnut-colored Hermit, Chestnut-coloured Hermit

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1867

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras (B), Nicaragua, Panama.

Eastern Honduras, eastern Nicaragua and Costa Rica to western Panama; western Colombia to western Ecuador.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus) [XC275242]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: San Miguel, R\u00edo Cayapas, Ecuador (song)

Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus) [XC275246]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (flight call)

Subspecies
Sister species of Rufous-breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsutus), and these two often considered conspecific, but they meet in western Panama and western Colombia without interbreeding. Present species probably had continuous distribution in past, but now interrupted by Rufous-breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsutus), by which it is presumably being gradually replaced. Slight size and weight differences exist between the two discrete populations, Central American birds having longer wings than South American ones, but plumage coloration identical. South American populations sometimes separated as subspecies columbiana.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus) - 10 files

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