Rufous-tailed Jacamar

To conclude my images of my Costa Rica birding trip I chose the Rufous-tailed Jacamar. The Rufous-tailed Jacamar is a handsome, slender, green-and-rusty bird of humid tropical lowlands that lives in evergreen forest, often at edges and around adjacent clearings.

They perch upright at mid-heights on vines or other exposed perches, in this case a hydro power line, and sallies out for flying insects, especially butterflies, dragonflies, and wasps. They have a very long, slender black bill (like a giant hummingbird). The throat is white on the male and buffy on female.

Next up will be images from our Cuban holiday back in April.

Thanks for reading.

Dave