Rufous-Tailed Jacamar

With our guide, Rony, in Tikal NP, Guatemala, we were down a little dirt road off the main two lane highway, near somewhat of a garbage dump and Rony identified a rufous-tailed jacamar. I got the impression it was a hummingbird, it looked like one, and I marveled that it stood stationary on a branch for so long. It was also quite large for a hummingbird. It wasn't until I got home and looked through my photos and put it on iNaturalist that I realized it was not a hummingbird. It is part of the family Galbulidae, with 18 species of jacamars. which is port of the order Piciformes, which includes honeyguides, woodpeckers, barbets (Asian, African and New World), toucan barbets and toucans. My first jacamar, a wonderful find. 

Illustration of ssp. melangenia, the "black-chinned" rufous-tailed jacamar, found in eastern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, southern Campeche, southern Quintana Roo), south to the western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador.

Range from Birds of the World.