rufous-tailed hummingbird

And one more - you can see that this shot is quite similar to the first one I just posted.

Of the larger hummingbirds that we photographed here Rufous-tailed was the most `boring' one. All my pictures show this bird in a conventional flight position, whereas all the others at times carried out quite spectacular manoeuvres. Rufous-tailed also seemed to be less attracted to the flowers...

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl subsp. tzacatl) Foraging on Firebush (Hamelis patens: Rubiaceae). Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panam. Tropical rainforest/cloud forest becoming a more broadleaf evergreen forest with fewer deciduous trees at ca. 596 m (1,955 ft)...

This photo emphasizes the feature that gives this species its name.

This is what yesterday's Saturday Fun bird should have looked like! I've got another big video-editing project started plus Adrienne and I are preparing a CD of her own songs, so I may be a bit pushed to comment as much as usual for a week or two - apologies.

Not quite what I intended to photograph!

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacati subsp. tzacati) Sexes similar. Wilson Botanical Gardens, southeast of San Vito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Landscaped grounds from 1,000-1,100 m (3,281-3,609 ft).

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia txacatl subsp. tazcatl) Perched on Bird-of-Paradise (Strelitzia reginae). Zamora Estates, San Jose Province, Costa Rica. Disturbed rainforest above a small swamp in an urban setting at 901 m (2,956 ft) elevation.

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird on bougainvillaea

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazillia tzacati subsp. jucunda) Male, sexes slightly sexual dimorphic. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Low Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft) elevation. Pichincha Province, Mindo, Ecuador.

Another view of this very nice bird, taken at San Vito, Las Cruces Biological Station.

A back view of this very nice bird, taken at San Vito, Las Cruces Biological Station.

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl) Photographed foraging on Red Powder Puff (Calliandra haematocephala: Fabaceae) in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Ro Guayabo riparian, surrounded by secondary humid forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation.

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl) Five subspecies are recognized with two being mapped for Panama. Only the nominate is found on the mainland while subspecies handleyi (Escudo Hummingbird) is found on Isla Escudo de Veraguas. Photographed in a small town of Nueva Suiza...

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl) Four or five subspecies are recognized, dependent on ones taxonomic concept. Only subspecies tzacatl is mapped for Costa Rica. Photographed in Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. Tropical dry forest at ca. 61 m (200 ft) elevation.

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl) Hummingbirds are known for their pugnacious behavior towards each other and I have believed for years that the most truculent species of hummingbird was the Rufous, a western U.S. bird that ranges from Alaska south to western Central Mexico...

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl tzacatl) Five subspecies are recognized with two being mapped for Panama. Only the nominate is found on the mainland while subspecies handleyi (Escudo Hummingbird) is found on Isla Escudo de Veraguas. Photographed at the Canopy Lodge in El Valle de...

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacati tzacati) Five subspecies are recognized by some authors, four by others elevating one of the five subspecies to the species level. Regardless, the nominate is the only subspecies mapped for Costa Rica. City of Alajuela, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica...

A rufous-tailed hummingbird closes in on a feeder and dares others not to get too close!

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) Septimo Pariso Lodge near Mindo, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes.

Taken 28Oct2009 at Tandayapa Lodge at ~5600 ft asl in subtropical montane forest on west slope of Andes in northern Ecuador.

Taken in a heavily treed area of the farm.