
Nombre en español: Jacamar Colirrufo
Nombre en ingles: Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Nombre científico: Galbula ruficauda
Familia: Galbulidae
El jacamará colirrufo (Galbula ruficauda) es una especie de ave piciforme de la familia Galbulidae nativa de las zonas tropicales en el sur de México, América Central y América del Sur hasta el sur de Brasil y Ecuador.

Son aves elegantes de colores brillantes con largos picos y colas. Alcanzan una tamaño de 25 cm de largo y tienen un pico negro de 5 cm de largo.
Habita una gran variedad de bosques secos o húmedos y matorrales. Anida en madrigueras en un banco o montículo de termitas y produce de dos hasta cuatro huevos blancos con manchas rojizo
Es un insectívoro que caza desde una percha, sentado con su pico inclinado hacia arriba, para luego lanzarse para atrapar insectos voladores.

Subespecies
Galbula ruficauda tiene 6 subespecies reconocidas:
- Galbula ruficauda brevirostris Cory, 1913
- Galbula ruficauda heterogyna Todd, 1932
- Galbula ruficauda melanogenia P. L. Sclater, 1852
- Galbula ruficauda pallens Bangs, 1898
- Galbula ruficauda ruficauda Cuvier, 1816
- Galbula ruficauda rufoviridis Cabanis, 1851

Rufous-tailed jacamar
The rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) is a near-passerinebird 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 subspeciesG. 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. The race G. r. pallens has a copper-coloured back in both sexes.
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. One commonly preyed upon insect is the social wasp Agelaia vicina. Further, 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.

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