Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Description:

It is a medium-sized hummingbird that breeds from east-central Mexico, through Central America and Colombia, east to western Venezuela and south through western Ecuador to near the border with Peru.

The throat is green (edged whitish in the female), the crown, back and flanks are green tinged golden, the belly is pale greyish, the vent and rump are rufous and the slightly forked tail is rufous with a dusky tip. The bill is red with a black tip; the black is more extensive on the upper mandible, which may appear all black. Immatures are virtually identical to the female.

Habitat:

Inhabits open country, river banks, woodland, scrub, forest edge, coffee plantations and gardens up to 1850 m.

Notes:

The food of this species is nectar, taken from a variety of flowers, including Heliconias and bananas.