Rufous-tailed Jacamar (M) (Galbula ruficauda)

            The Pantanal 
Cuiaba River 
Brazil

Closely cropped due to the jacamar being so far away. 

The Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) is a near-passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far south as southern Brazil and Ecuador.

The jacamars are elegant brightly coloured birds with long bills and tails. The Rufous-tailed Jacamar is typically 25 centimetres (10 in) long with a 5 centimetres (2 in) 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. 

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.

This insectivore hunts from a perch, sitting with its bill tilted up, then flying out to catch flying insects. The bird distinguishes between edible and unpalatable butterflies mainly according to body shape.

The Rufous-tailed Jacamar's call is a sharp pee-op, and the song a high thin peeo-pee-peeo-pee-pe-pe, ending in a trill. Wikipedia

Taken in: Brazil / Mato Grosso / Bom Sucesso (show map)

Taken on: September 19, 2012

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Brazil2012

Cuiaba River

South America

Rufous-tailed Jacama

Galbula ruficauda

Central and South America

Six Recognized subspecies

Female duller green buff colored neck

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