---
title: "Rufous-tailed Hummingbird"
description: "Amazilia tzacatl — Vogels. The rufous-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) is a medium-sized hummingbird in the \"emeralds\", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rufous-tailed-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

> Amazilia tzacatl — Vogels. The rufous-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) is a medium-sized hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Amazilia tzacatl*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 15614
- Wikidata: [Q901824](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901824)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5676](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5676)

## Names

- en: Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- de: Braunschwanzamazilie
- es: Colibrí Cola Canela
- fr: Ariane à ventre gris
- pl: Szmaragdzik brązowosterny

## Countries with the most observations

CR (5493), CO (2814), PA (2015), EC (1451), MX (701), BZ (584), HN (550), NI (193), GT (114), VE (26)

## Summary

The rufous-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) is a medium-sized hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found from east-central Mexico through Central America and Colombia into Ecuador and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-tailed_hummingbird

## Photo

![Rufous-tailed Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-tailed-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steph Brulot-Sawchyn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292213996

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rufous-tailed-hummingbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).