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Phaethornis ruber (Reddish Hermit)

Synonyms: Trochilus ruber

Wikipedia Abstract

The reddish hermit (Phaethornis ruber) is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family, the hummingbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and in the Guianas. At 7.5 cm (3 in) and a weight under 3 grams, it is among the smallest of the hermits and smallest birds overall. Its natural habitats are forest and woodland, primarily humid.
View Wikipedia Record: Phaethornis ruber

Infraspecies

Phaethornis ruber episcopus (Reddish hermit)
Phaethornis ruber longipennis (Reddish hermit)
Phaethornis ruber nigricinctus (Reddish hermit)
Phaethornis ruber ruber (Reddish hermit)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
14
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.20695
EDGE Score: 1.64999
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2 grams
Birth Weight [2]  0.4 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  90 %
Forages - Understory [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  2
Fledging [1]  20 days
Incubation [4]  17 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No

Prey / Diet

Dahlstedtia pinnata[6]
Nematanthus fluminensis[6]
Psychotria nuda[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Ramphodon naevius (Saw-billed Hermit)3
Thalurania glaucopis (Violet-capped Woodnymph)2

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE VIOLET-CHESTED HUMMINGBIRD IN VENEZUELA AND COMPARISONS WITH OTHER TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE HUMMINGBIRDS, KAROLINA FIERRO-CALDERÓN AND THOMAS E. MARTIN, The Condor 109:680–685 (2007)
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6The Saw-billed Hermit Ramphodon naevius and its Flowers in Southeastern Brazil, Ivan Sazima, Silvana Buzato and Marlies Sazima, Brazil. J. Orn. 136: 195-206
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0