Reddish Hermit
Phaethornis ruber
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Genus
- Phaethornis
- eBird Code
- redher1
Vocalizations
agujaceratops · CC0_1_0
agujaceratops · CC0_1_0
Subspecies (4)
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Phaethornis ruber episcopus
central and eastern Venezuela, Guyana, and adjacent Roraima (far northwestern Brazil)
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Phaethornis ruber longipennis
foothills of Pasco to Cuzco (central to southeastern Peru)
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Phaethornis ruber nigricinctus
far eastern Colombia eastward to southwestern Venezuela and southward to northern Peru
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Phaethornis ruber ruber
Suriname and French Guiana southward to northern Bolivia and eastward to São Paulo (southeastern Brazil)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.