---
title: "Bico-de-agulha-de-rabo-vermelho"
description: "Galbula ruficauda — Aves. The rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) is a near passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far south as southern Brazil and Ecuador."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/rufous-tailed-jacamar
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bico-de-agulha-de-rabo-vermelho

> Galbula ruficauda — Aves. The rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) is a near passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far south as southern Brazil and Ecuador.

- Scientific name: *Galbula ruficauda*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 6845
- Wikidata: [Q765770](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765770)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1468](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1468)

## Names

- en: Rufous-tailed Jacamar
- de: Rotschwanz-Glanzvogel
- es: Jacamar Cola Canela
- fr: Jacamar à queue rousse
- nl: Roodstaartglansvogel
- pt: Bico-de-agulha-de-rabo-vermelho
- pl: Złotopiór rudosterny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (3005), CR (1093), CO (981), TT (299), BO (251), MX (206), BZ (161), VE (137), PA (96), GT (87), HN (73), EC (54)

## Summary

The rufous-tailed jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) is a near passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far south as southern Brazil and Ecuador.

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

## Photo

![Bico-de-agulha-de-rabo-vermelho](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-tailed-jacamar/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124059363

## Machine access

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