rufous

How to use rufous in a sentence

• Bruce said it’s possible this particular rufous may pass on to her offspring the urge to winter in Northern Virginia.

  Catch me if you can: An unlikely hummingbird is banded at a Virginia park | John Kelly | January 18, 2021 | Washington Post

• Synallaxis erythrothorax Sclater: rufous-breasted Spinetail.

  Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. Klaas

• The rufous colour of the back increases the impression; the hedgerows look red in the sunshine.

  The Hills and the Vale | Richard Jefferies

• The adult male of this species has a rufous breast band, while the female has only a greenish one.

  Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies | Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed

• In form this duck is much like the last, but in color is more of a rufous all over, being darkest on the upper parts.

  Western Bird Guide | Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed, Harry F. Harvey, and Rex I. Brasher