rufous-tailed jacamar

Like other jacamars they are elegant, brightly coloured birds with long bills and tails. The rufous-tailed jacamar is typically {{convert|25|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long with a {{convert|5|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} 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.

Rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda ruficauda) male.jpg|Male
G. r. ruficauda
Tobago

Rufous-tailed jacamar (92352)2.jpg|Male
G. r. melanogenia
Costa Rica

Rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) male 2.JPG|Male
G. r. rufoviridis
the Pantanal, Brazil

File:Rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda melanogenia) male Orange Walk.jpg

This insectivore hunts from a perch, sitting with its bill tilted up, then flying out to catch flying insects. One commonly preyed upon insect is the social wasp Agelaia vicina. Other insect prey include flies, beetles, bees, dragonflies, and butterflies.{{cite web|url=https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/documents/ogatt/Galbula_ruficauda%20-%20Rufous-tailed%20Jacamar.pdf|format=PDF|title=Galbula ruficauda (Rufous-tailed Jacamar)|website=Sta.uwi.edu|access-date=26 March 2022}} Further, the bird distinguishes between edible and unpalatable butterflies mainly according to body shape.{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01452.x | last1 = Chai | first1 = Peng | year = 1996 | title = Butterfly visual characteristics and ontogeny of responses to butterflies by a specialized tropical bird | journal = Biol. J. Linn. Soc. | volume = 59 | issue = 1| pages = 37–67 | doi-access = free }}

This species is a resident breeder in a range of dry or moist woodlands and scrub. The two to four rufous-spotted white eggs are laid in a burrow in a bank or termite mound.

The rufous-tailed jacamar's call is a sharp {{not a typo|pee-op}}, and the song a high thin {{not a typo|peeo-pee-peeo-pee-pe-pe}}, ending in a trill.

• {{cite book

| last = ffrench

| first = Richard

| title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

| edition = 2nd

| year = 1991

| publisher = Comstock Publishing

| isbn = 0-8014-9792-2 }}

• {{cite book

| last = Hilty

| first = Steven L

| title = Birds of Venezuela

| publisher = Christopher Helm

| year = 2003

| location = London

| isbn = 0-7136-6418-5 }}

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• [http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/rufous-tailed-jacamar-galbula-ruficauda Rufous-tailed jacamar videos, photos & sounds] in the Internet Bird Collection
• [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Scientific&KEYWORDS=galbula+ruficauda&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Rufous-tailed jacamar photo gallery] VIREO
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000919050011/http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/9901000.htm Stamps]}} (for British Honduras-(Belize), Guyana, and Nicaragua)
• [http://www.tsgcs.co.uk/elsom/TO-RTJ01-04-04.JPG Photo-High Res]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175024/http://www.tsgcs.co.uk/stuartelsom/overseas.asp?Category=Tobago%20-%20April%202004 Article], Tsgcs.co.uk

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rufous-tailed jacamar

Category:Birds of Central America

Category:Birds of Mexico

Category:Birds of Colombia

Category:Birds of Venezuela

Category:Birds of the Guiana Shield

Category:Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

Category:Birds of Bolivia

Category:Birds of Brazil

rufous-tailed jacamar

rufous-tailed jacamar