Burung tropis (Tropical Birds)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Galbula ruficauda
- langka
- 36 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Hunts large iridescent butterflies and eats them by beating off the wings first. Highly particular about its deliveries.
- Populasi
- Not quantified; common and widespread across its range
- Habitat
- Forest edges, gallery forest, second-growth thickets, scrubby/dry-moist woodland, streams and river banks, marshes and savannahs with scattered trees, from lowlands up to ~900 m (rarely 1,300 m) elevation
- Fakta menarik
- The Rufous-tailed Jacamar can visually distinguish palatable from unpalatable butterfly species largely by body shape before deciding whether to strike and eat them.
- Sebaran
- Southern Mexico through Central America and South America to northern Argentina, including Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, plus Trinidad and Tobago
- Makanan
- Insectivore; flycatches flying insects (butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, bees, wasps, flies) from a perch, beating prey against a branch to kill it and remove indigestible parts before swallowing
- Ukuran
- 0,25 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,9 tahun
