Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda - Jacamar à queue rousse

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Galbulidés
Genus
:
Galbula
Species
:
ruficauda

Descriptor

Cuvier, 1816

Biometrics

Size
: 25 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 18 à 28 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Galbula ruficauda ruficauda (c Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and n Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago)
Galbula ruficauda melanogenia (s Mexico to w Ecuador)
Galbula ruficauda pallens (n Colombia)
Galbula ruficauda brevirostris (ne Colombia and nw Venezuela)
Galbula ruficauda rufoviridis (c and s Brazil, n Bolivia and Paraguay)
Galbula ruficauda heterogyna (e Bolivia and sw Brazil)

Foreign names

Jacamar à queue rousse,
Jacamará colirrufo,
ariramba-de-cauda-ruiva,
Rotschwanz-Glanzvogel,
vörösfarkú jakamár,
Roodstaartglansvogel,
Jacamar codarossiccia,
rödstjärtad jakamar,
Rusthalejakamar,
jagavec červenochvostý,
leskovec neotropický,
Rødhalet Jacamar,
ruostepyrstöjakamari,
jacamar cua-roig,
złotopiór rudosterny,
Краснохвостая якамара,
アカオキリハシ,
棕尾鹟䴕,
rödstjärtad jakamar,
棕尾鶲鴷,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry, Moist ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations