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The rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) is a small hummingbird, about 8 cm (3 in) long with a long, straight and slender bill. These birds are known for their extraordinary flight skills, flying 3,200 kilometres (2,000 miles) during their migratory transits.
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Rufous-booted racket-tail: Ocreatus addae (Bourcier, 1846) 181 Rufous-gaped hillstar: Urochroa bougueri (Bourcier, 1851) 182 Green-backed hillstar: Urochroa leucura Lawrence, 1864: 183 Purple-bibbed whitetip: Urosticte benjamini (Bourcier, 1851) 184 Rufous-vented whitetip: Urosticte ruficrissa Lawrence, 1864: 185 Velvet-browed brilliant
Rufous-tailed hummingbird Male A. t. fuscicaudata, Colombia Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix II (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Amazilia Species: A. tzacatl Binomial name Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) Range The rufous-tailed ...
The booted racket-tails are a small group of hummingbirds in the genus Ocreatus that was long considered to have only one species, O. underwoodii. They are native to cloud forest edges in the South American Andes and Maritime Andes. They are relatively small (even compared to most other hummingbirds) and primarily iridescent green with white or ...
The genus Selasphorus was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate the rufous hummingbird which is now the type species. [2] [3] The name combines the Ancient Greek selas meaning "light" or "flame" with -phoros meaning "-carrying". [4] The genus contains the following nine species: [5]