About Pampa rufa (R.Lesson, 1840)
Nomenclature
Scientific name: Pampa rufa (R.Lesson, 1840), commonly known as the rufous sabrewing.
Size and Weight
The rufous sabrewing is 12.1 to 14 cm (4.8 to 5.5 in) long, with an average weight of 7.5 g (0.26 oz).
Bill Characteristics
It has a straight, stout, broad black bill.
Sexual Plumage Similarity
The sexes have nearly identical plumage.
Upperpart Plumage
Their upperparts are bright metallic bronze green to greenish bronze; the crown is slightly darker and duller, while the uppertail coverts are more bronzy.
Face and Underpart Plumage
They have a cinnamon face with a white spot behind the eye, and cinnamon underparts that are slightly paler along the center.
Central Tail Feathers
Their central pair of tail feathers is metallic bronze to greenish bronze.
Second Tail Feather Pair
The next pair of tail feathers shares this base color, with a wide diffuse blackish band near the tip and cinnamon ends.
Third and Fourth Tail Feather Pairs
The following two pairs have cinnamon bases, a sharper blackish band, and cinnamon tips.
Outermost Tail Feather Pair
The outer web of the outermost tail feather pair is cinnamon.
Distribution Range
The rufous sabrewing is distributed along the western slope of highlands, ranging from the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, southeast through Guatemala, into El Salvador, reaching as far as Volcán de San Salvador in El Boquerón National Park.
Habitat
It inhabits the interior and edges of humid evergreen montane forest, pine-oak forest, and coffee and other agricultural plantations.
Elevation Range
It occurs at elevations between 900 and 2,000 m (3,000 and 6,600 ft), and is most abundant at elevations above 1,300 m (4,300 ft).
