Much confusion exists over the exact limits of its distribution in the south-central Amazon, where the very similar Scaled Ground Cuckoo occurs (the breast-markings typically used to separate the Scaled and the Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoos are known to vary clinally).
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The island is home to unique and endangered flora such as Brachychiton incanus and a variety of birdlife such as Rufous Night Heron, Little Eagle, Brown Falcon, Whimbrel, Tawny Frogmouth, Great Bowerbird and Rainbow Bee-eater.
Krabi Province has the last remaining areas of topical lowland forest in Thailand, these richly diverse areas are home to several endangered and threatened species such Bearcat, Rufous-collared Kingfisher and Gurney's Pitta
This species may be confused with the Bat Falcon (F. rufigularis) and the Orange-breasted Falcon (F. deiroleucus), which have similar white-black-rust patterns below, but those species are built more like Peregrine Falcons and have solidly blackish heads and darker rufous bellies.
In order to give a complete, definitive description it must also be added that it is smaller than either the Rufous-naped Lark (M. africana), or the Red-winged Lark (M. hypermetra); that it is more greyish and marked on its mantle than either the Singing Lark (M. cantillans), or the Pink-breasted Lark (M. poecilosterna); and that its bill is not as thick as the former, and that it lacks the pinkish breast of the latter.
It is was formerly included in the Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher (T. rufocinerea) but is now often regarded as a separate species.
Two black and rufous elephant shrew males were born on February 4, 2007, at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. They are now kept at the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University.
Western Fieldwren (Calamanthus montanellus) - sometimes considered a subspecies of the Rufous Fieldwren.
It is distinguished from the similar Rufous-throated Partridge A. rufogularis by more rufescent crown and head-sides, white gorget and entirely chestnut upper breast.
The superficially similar Chestnut-backed Thrush is substantially larger when seen alongside one another, and has a black crown and rufous back, whereas the Enggano Thrush has an olive-ochre back and little or no white on the lores and auriculars.
Chimilas were practiced musical rites with drums of many sizes, flutes with a tip made out of wax varying in between two and five holes, imitated the singing of the Rufous-vented Chachalaca birds with an instrument called guacharaca and maracas.
Although first described almost 200 years ago, it was long overlooked (hence, cryptic) due to confusion with the Rufous-tailed Antthrush and Short-tailed Antthrush, which inhabit the same region.
Afterwards, he worked on some pioneering studies of the song of the Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis).
Some authors considered this species to be the same as the Iago Sparrow, and some recognise only some of the rufous sparrows as separate from the Great Sparrow, but the Handbook of the Birds of the World recognises the Socotra Sparrow, Kenya Sparrow, Kordofan Sparrow, and Shelley's Sparrow.
The Green-and-rufous Kingfisher resembles the American Pygmy Kingfisher, which shares its range, but it is much larger than its relative, and four times as heavy.
The Grey-headed Chachalaca is less noisy than Plain or Rufous-vented Chachalacas.
Rufous-backed Inca Finch occurs either on the West slope of the Andes and both slopes of the Marañón Valley and is restricted to higher elevations, compared to Great Inca Finch which only occurs on the West slope of the Andes, but generally lower than Rufous-backed Inca Finch.
Kabi Lungchok region is also home to several species of birds such as: the Pariahkite, Crested Serpent eagle, shahhen falcon, Rufous-necked Hornbill, Aceros nipalensis, Chestnut-breasted Partridge, Black-breasted Parrotbill, Grey-crowned Prinia, Ward’s Trogon.
Over 200 separate species of birds have been recorded in the reserve including vulnerable species the White-necked Picathartes and Green-tailed Bristlebill and near threatened species the Yellow-casqued Hornbill, Rufous-winged Illadopsis, Copper-tailed Glossy-starling.
A dark rufous morph, "neoxenus", termed "Cory's Bittern" or "Cory's Least Bittern" was originally described by Cory as a separate species in 1885, from a specimen collected on or near the Caloosahatchee River, near Lake Okeechobee, in southwest Florida; Cory stated that the specimen was "without doubt perfectly distinct from any other known species".
The underparts may be white or rufous, and all forms have a contrasting breast band except male Ringed Kingfisher.
, but on the posterior wings the stramineous band which crosses the wings before the middle is broader, and the spots in the submarginal row are more lunulate ; at the lower end of the dark rufous spot above the anal angle is a large subovate black spot; and the middle median nervule is produced into a rather longer tail than in P. demoleus.
In 2005, a research team led by Dr. Douglas Warrick of Oregon State University used trained rufous hummingbirds in a study to determine the mechanics of hummingbird hovering.
The subspecies of the Islas Tres Marías, also found around San Blas, Nayarit, is sometimes considered a separate species, Grayson's Robin or Grayson's Thrush, Turdus graysoni (Ridgway, 1882).
Its habitat is open land, including cultivated land, that has patches of scrub, alder trees, or Polylepis trees.
The scientific name of this bird commemorates the French naturalist Claude Gay.
It was famously referred to in the well-known first strophe of the Brazilian nationalist poem Canção do exílio.
It forms a superspecies with Eurasian Sparrowhawk (A. nisus) and possibly Madagascan Sparrowhawk (A. madagascariensis) (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).
It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Grey Laughingthrush, G. maesi.
It was previously considered conspecific with the White-throated Laughingthrush, G.
In July, 2013, a specimen of the species was spotted at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
The Black-crowned Fulvetta (A. klossi) was until recently included here as a subspecies.
The Rufous-Winged Sparrow in Pima County: This species was discovered by Charles Emil Bendire in 1872, near old Fort Lowell, Tucson, where it was common.
Other important species on the island include the Chestnut-collared Swift and Rufous-necked Wood-rail, both of which are rare in the country.
The rufous on the underparts, which gives this species its scientific name, distinguishes it from the Tropical and Swamp Boubous.
The rufous belly causes resemblance with African Hobby, but important features to look out for are a white throat and the obvious rufous patches on the nape.
More than 340 bird species have been recorded in Tembe, including the rare Rudd's Apalis, the Rufous-bellied Heron, the Natal Nightjar and the Woodward's Batis.
Alejo Castex is the only paved street and it is lined with tall trees and weekend-houses; only can be heard the bird songs of thousands of Rufous-bellied Thrushes, Chalk-browed Mockingbirds, Rufous Horneros and the far-away roar of tractors working on the farms.