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Rufous - breasted Hermit (female)
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Rufous - breasted Hermit (female) (Glaucis hirsutus)

Rufous breasted Hermit (female) This is the lady in the threesome who goes about her business hovering at a rate of knots between the feeders, occasionally casting a loving eye on me.
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Habitat
Residential area
Location
Petit Valley, Trinidad
Date taken
16th July 2017
Scientific name
Glaucis hirsutus
Equipment used
Canon
peterday
Opus Editor
Three excellent posts - it would be nice to have hummingbird feeders in the garden!!
 
KC Foggin
Supporter
Were you laying under the feeder? ;)

A super closeup of this little beauty Dabs!
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
A love flight shot this Brian - excellent work lad.

I wonder if you can help me; the ID blurb on The Opus article isn't too helpful at the moment and I'd like to improve it. There's no guide as to why this picture shows a female, and therefore I can't work out what the sex is of the bird currently showing on the article - is that, too, a female, or a male?

Can you help sort me out please?
 
Stanley Jones
Supporter
What a great feeder visitor! Gorgeous hermit with fabulous stop-action, focus, colors, detail, and background. Marvelous work Brian!
 
aloktewari
Opus Editor
Supporter
A fabulous shot ... and a 'love'..ly narrative, Brian ... love it ... tfs ...
 
Dabs
Delia,

The key differences between the male and the female are as follows:-

(1) They both have a bill with the upper mandible being black and the lower mandible being yellow. However the upper mandible in the male has yellow streaks,

(2) They have superciliary and moustachial streaks, with that in the female being very distinctive / pronounced.


Based on the above I would say that the bird presently in Opus is a female as there is no yellow streaking on the upper mandible and there is a very clear moustachial streak.

I trust the above is of assistance.
 

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