Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833)

Spanish: Colibrí Cola Canela

The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.8 g and its bill is 22.1 mm long. It lives in 11 countries, including Costa Rica, Colombia, Belize, Panama and Ecuador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.8 g, about 5 paperclips

Bill

22.1 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Amazilia emeralds

Where it lives · 11 countries

• Costa Rica
• Colombia
• Belize
• Panama
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Venezuela
• Peru

Others in the genus Amazilia

• Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
• Honduran Emerald Amazilia luciae
• Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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