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From the Field: Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)

Updated: Oct 9, 2021


The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird. It has a distinctly rufous-colored tail, from which its named is derived, and a bright pink bill. Like other hummingbirds, it feeds on nectar and small insects. The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is perhaps the most common species of hummingbird at forest edge and in gardens and cultivated areas from southern Mexico south to northwestern South America.

References:

Reich Sarah K. 2010. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schunlenberg Editor).

Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retreived from Neotropical Birds Online http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=255416

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