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What the Rufous-tailed Hummingbird sounds like
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The rufous-tailed hummingbird is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long and weighs approximately 5 g (0.18 oz). The adult male of the nominate subspecies has a green head and upperparts except for chestnut-brown lores and uppertail coverts. The tail is also mostly chestnut-brown, giving the species its English name; the feathers' outer webs and tips are bronze green. The throat, upper breast, and sides are green; the throat feathers sometimes have thin white edges giving a scalloped effect. The lower breast is gray, the belly white, and the undertail coverts chestnut-brown.
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When to see the Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
The rufous-tailed hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found from east-central Mexico through Central America and Colombia into Ecuador and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutilaThe cinnamon hummingbird is 9.5 to 11.5 cm (3.7 to 4.5 in) long and on average weighs about 5 to 5.5 g (0.18 to 0.19 oz).
Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensisThe buff-bellied hummingbird is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 2.9 to 4.7 g (0.10 to 0.17 oz).
Honduran EmeraldAmazilia luciaeThe Honduran emerald is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long.
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