Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Rufous-booted Racket-tailThis hummingbird occurs on the eastern Andes from central and southern Peru to Bolivia. Males have green upperparts, long outer tail streamers with racket-shaped tips, and rufous leg puffs.What does it look like?Males have green upperparts with golden flashes, long outer tail streamers ending in dark green racket-shaped tips, and cinnamon-colored leg puffs. Females have shorter tails without the rackets.How does it live?This hummingbird occurs on the eastern Andes from central and southern Peru to Bolivia. Males have green upperparts, long outer tail streamers with racket-shaped tips, and rufous leg puffs.It uses humid montane forest, including edges and secondary growth, and feeds mainly on nectar. It forages from the middle storey to the canopy and also catches small insects from a perch.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.