• Synonyms Rufous tailed Hummingbird, Rieffer's Hummingbird, Dusky-tailed Hummingbird, Reiffer's Hummingbird, Rufous-tailed or Escudo Hummingbird
  • Old latin name for bird Amazilia tzacati, Amazilis tzacatl, Amazilis fuscicaudata, Trochilus tzacatl, Amazilia fuscicaudata

Rufous-tailed Hummingbirdbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Albert Lastukhin
    Costa Rica
  • 2.
    Call, © Albert Lastukhin
    Costa Rica
  • 3.
    Song, © Kent Livezey
    Panama
  • 4.
    Call, © Leonardo Ordóñez-Delgado
    Ecuador
  • 5.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Costa Rica
  • 6.
    Song, © Paul Driver
    Costa Rica
  • 7.
    Song, © Patricio Mena Valenzuela
    Ecuador
  • 8.
    Song, © Bobby Wilcox
    Costa Rica
  • 9.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Panama
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

  • Breeding region Middle America, South America
  • Breeding subregion c Mexico to Venezuela and w Ecuador

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird subspecies (5)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Amazilia tzacatl brehmiNariño (sw Colombia)-No
Amazilia tzacatl fuscicaudatan Colombia and w Venezuela-No
Amazilia tzacatl handleyiIsle Escudo de Veraguas (off nw Panama)-No
Amazilia tzacatl jucundaw Colombia and w Ecuador-No
Amazilia tzacatl tzacatlec Mexico to c Panama-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Catalancolibrí amazília Tzacatl
Chinese棕尾蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional)棕尾蜂鳥
Croatianriđorepa smaragdnica
CzechKolibrík rezavoocasý, kolibřík rezavoocasý
DanishBrunhalet Amazilie
DutchRoodstaartamazilia, Roodstaartkolibrie
Finnishruostepyrstökolibri
FrenchAriane à ventre gris ou A. de Handley, Ariane à ventre gris, Colibri à ventre gris, Ariane de Rieffer
GermanBraunschwanz-Amazilie, Braunschwanzamazilie
Hungarianrozsdásfarkú amazília
ItalianColibrì codarossiccia, Amazilia codarossiccia
Japaneseハイバラエメラルドハチドリ
Lithuanianrusvauodegė amazilija
NorwegianRusthalekolibri, ruststjertkolibri
Norwegian NynorskRusthalekolibri
Polishszmaragdzik brązowosterny, szmaragdzik brazowosterny
Portuguesebeija-flor-de-barriga-cinza, colibri-de-cauda-ruiva
RussianРыжехвостая амазилия, Гобакская амазилия, Коричневохвоетая амазилия, Рыжехвостый колибри-амазилия
SerbianRiđorepi amazilija kolibri
Slovakkolibrík hrdzavochvostý
SpanishAmazila rabirrufa, Amazilia Rubirrufa, Amazilia Rabirrufa, Amazilia tzacatl, Colibrí Cola Rojiza, Amazilia de Cara Rufa, Colibrí Cola Canela, Colibrí colirufa, Amazilia Colirrufa
Swedishroststjärtad smaragd, Roststjärtad kolibri, roststjärtsmaragd
TurkishKızıl Kuyruklu Kolibri
Ukrainianабо амазилія рудохвоста, цакатл