Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus

Brazilian name: balança-rabo-de-bico-torto
Rufous-breasted Hermit, REGUA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image Brazil

The Rufous-breasted Hermit is distributed from Panama through Colombia and Venezuela to the Amazon Basin and into eastern Brazil. It is found in a wide variety of forest and forest edge situations and in thickets in more open habitats.
Rufous-breasted Hermit, Tamandaré, Bahia, Brazil, October 2008 - click for larger image It has a decurved bill, dark green upperparts and brownish-rufous underparts. The tail feathers are rufous with a broad black sub-terminal band and white tips.

There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto while additional information can be accessed via Avibase.
Rufous-breasted Hermit, Tamandaré, Bahia, Brazil, October 2008 - click for larger image
Rufous-breasted Hermit, Tamandaré, Bahia, Brazil, October 2008 - click for larger image
Rufous-breasted Hermit, Tamandaré, Bahia, Brazil, October 2008 - click for larger image
Rufous-breasted Hermit, Tamandaré, Bahia, Brazil, October 2008 - click for larger image
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