rufous-tailed jacamar

Pair, Rufus-tailed Jacamar

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda subsp. melanogenia) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Lajas Blanco, Darin Province, Panam. Tropical lowland rainforest (mixed evergreen and deciduous forest) at 30 m (98 ft) elevation.

Nome Cientfico Galbula ruficauda Cuvier, 1816 Nome em Ingls Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbuia ruficauda subsp. heterogyna) Male, species somewhat sexually dimorphic. Along the banks of Ro Cuiaba, Porto Jofre, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Riverine with scattered cerrado and wetlands at ca. 110 m (361 ft).

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbuia ruficauda subsp. heterogyna) Male, species somewhat sexually dimorphic. Seems somewhat obvious when they are side by side but that is not always the case (lol). Along the banks of Ro Cuiaba, Porto Jofre, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Riverine with scattered...

Really awkward light with the sun low down and coming across from the right but it was the only angle I could get to see the bird!

Long and sharp bill they have. Jacamars look like giant hummingbirds, but they are ariel insectivores.

I think one can see why the bird got it's name!

Rufous-tailed Jacamar In Brazil there seems to be an inordinate number of birds with 'rufous' in their name ... this is just one!

Galbula ruficauda Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

There's always a twig in the way.

This was one of my most wanted's for the trip. We might not have spotted it if it hadn't flown out for an insect. It had a nest in a nearby bank where we could hear chicks calling. More Ecuador photos at www.flickr.com/photos/nightjar

The secondary forest around Arnos Vale holds large numbers of these beautiful birds.

This is an attractive & charismatic wee bird that behaves much like old-world Bee-eaters though spends more time hunting from a perch. Jacamars are common & very approachable birds on Tobago but are less common & more wary on Trinidad. This male held territory in the secondary...