
The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) is a medium-sized hummingbird which breeds from northeast Mexico south to western Venezuela and western Ecuador.
This is a common to abundant bird of open country, river banks, coffee plantations and gardens up to 1850 m, and also occurs in scrub at woodland edges and clearings.
The adult Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is 10cm long and weighs 5.2 g. It has has mostly shiny green body plumage, apart from a greyish belly and rufous tail. The sexes are similar, but males have a mainly red bill, and females and young birds have a mainly black bill. Immatures also have rufous fringes to the head plumage. The call is a low chut, and the male’s song is a whistled tse we ts’ we or tse tse wip tseek tse.
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This is an original drawing.Used Artagain/Strathmore 60lbs. paper with Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils.
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