Rufous-tailed Jacamar

The jacamars are elegant brightly coloured birds with long bills and tails. The Rufous-tailed Jacamar is typically 25 cm long with a 5 cm long black bill. The subspecies G. r. brevirostris has, as its name implies, a shorter bill. This bird is metallic green above, and the underparts are mainly orange, including the undertail, but there is a green breast band. Sexes differ in that the male has a white throat, and the female a buff throat; she also tends to have paler underparts. The race G. r. pallens has a copper-coloured back in both sexes.

The Rufous-tailed Jacamar is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

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The Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda, is a near-passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far south as southern Brazil and Ecuador. Female The jacamars are elegant brightly coloured birds with long bills and tails. The Rufous-tailed Jacamar is typically 25 cm long with a 5 cm long black bill. The subspecies G. r. brevirostris has, as its name implies, a shorter bill. More

* Rufous-tailed Jacamar Headshot of a male bird. Grafton, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp ruficauda) Steve Garvie 1 July 2006 11 weeks ago 4.7 * Rufous-tailed Jacamars Two males sitting together (males have a white throat, the female's throat is buff-coloured). More

The Rufous-tailed Jacamar is a beautiful inhabitant of forest edges and clearings of Central and South America. It occurs in several disjunct populations: from eastern Mexico south western Panama; from eastern Panama south to western Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela; in Guyana; and from Bolivia east to eastern Brazil. More

Like rufous-tailed jacamar, they prefer lower shrub perches for hunting. FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET Prefer butterflies and dragonflies. Catches prey in mid-air and batters it against a branch before consuming it. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY Lays one white eggs in ground-hole nest cavity. Incubation is 20–23 days. Chicks emerge from nest after 21–26 days, covered in white down. Both sexes incubate and care for chicks. CONSERVATION STATUS Not threatened. More

The Rufous-tailed Jacamar's call is a sharp pee-op, and the song a high thin peeo-pee-peeo-pee-pe-pe, ending in a trill. References - * BirdLife International (2004). Galbula ruficauda. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. More

Aspects of the topic rufous-tailed jacamar are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References * description (in jacamar (bird)) ...a long, graduated tail; some have square tails. Most are iridescently blue, green, or bronze on back and breast; males are white-throated, females brown-throated. More

Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Fotographed at Brasília's Olhos D'água Park (water's Eyeys Park), in Brasília, Brazil . A novice may be forgiven for thinking, on first sight, that this bird was a Hummingbird. The shape, the needle-like bill and the iridescence cannot help but give that impression. But this a far larger species than any hummingbird. More

Rufous-Tailed Jacamar - Not On IUCN Red List Check 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species More

Chai described how young rufous-tailed jacamars in Costa Rica learned to discriminate between butterfly species by color, markings, and flight patterns. Jacamars tend to reject butterflies with chemical defenses that make them less palatable. With their specialized hunting skills, jacamars may have played a major role in the evolution of butterflies that live in jacamar habitats. Reproductive biology - During breeding season, male jacamars engage in lively vocal performances, with a series of explosive, sharp calls. More

The Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) is a species of bird which breeds in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far south as southern Brazil and Ecuador. Its habitat is dry or moist woodlands or scrub. This is a brightly colored bird with a long bill and tail. It is about 9.85 inches long with a nearly 2 inch long black bill. It is metallic green above and mainly orange below, including the undertail. There is a green breast band. More

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) by Don Jones. More

The Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) is a near-passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far as southern Brazil and Ecuador. More