Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda Cuvier, 1816

Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda, is a resident breeder across Middle America and much of South America. It belongs to the jacamar family and is found in dry or moist woodland and scrub. It is a bird of tropical regions in the New World, with breeding recorded from southern Mexico through Central America and on to southern Brazil and Ecuador. It nests in a burrow dug into a bank or termite mound, where two to four rufous-spotted white eggs are laid. The species was described by Cuvier in 1816.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Galbulidae — Jacamars

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: widespread