Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Phaethornis

Reddish Hermit

Phaethornis ruber

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Phaethornis ruber episcopus

central and eastern Venezuela, Guyana, and adjacent Roraima (far northwestern Brazil)
Phaethornis ruber longipennis

foothills of Pasco to Cuzco (central to southeastern Peru)
Phaethornis ruber nigricinctus

far eastern Colombia eastward to southwestern Venezuela and southward to northern Peru
Phaethornis ruber ruber

Suriname and French Guiana southward to northern Bolivia and eastward to São Paulo (southeastern Brazil)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.