Examples of 'are rufous' in a sentence

Meaning of "are rufous"

Are rufous: The term 'rufous' is often used to describe something that is reddish-brown in color, like the feathers of certain birds or the fur of some animals

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Adults are rufous with a slight olive tinge.
The cheeks and throat are rufous.
Young males are rufous and have short tails.
The underparts and the facial disc are rufous.
The spiral riblets are rufous or pinkish brown.
The primary flight feathers are rufous.
Female are rufous on the back with a greyish throat and underparts.
The back and rump are rufous.
The wings are rufous with two distinct white wing bars.
Its neck and breast are rufous.
Its head and neck are rufous and it is heavily barred black below.
The rump and belly are rufous.
The shoulders are rufous and the wing feathers have buff edging.
The wings and tail are rufous.
The lower parts are rufous turning to dark grey towards the vent.

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The chest and flanks are rufous.
The upperparts are rufous brown and heavily streaked with black or dark brown.
On the cheeks and above the eyes are rufous patches.
There are rufous fringes on the closed wings and white edged to the tail.
The crown is grey and the underparts are rufous in most plumages.
The female T. c. coronata has a paler head and the whole of her underparts are rufous.
The wings are rufous.
The breast is grey while the belly and underside are rufous.
The tail and primary wings are rufous in colour and slightly forked.
The upper breast is pale grey and the lower breast and belly are rufous.
The tail and primary wings are rufous in color and slightly forked.
The uppertail coverts are black, and the undertail coverts are rufous.
The rest of the upperparts are rufous grey, and the uppertail is bright rufous.
The rear flanks and undertail-covert feathers are rufous.
The nape and breast sides are rufous and the upperparts are black-streaked buff-brown.
The head and underparts are blue-grey while the upperparts are rufous.
The throat and upper breast are rufous with the lower underparts yellowish-white.
The underwing coverts are chestnut, and the flight feathers are rufous.
Underside ( belly and underwing coverts ) are rufous with slight black ticking.
The mantle, the back, and the rest of the wings are rufous.
The back and wings of the female American kestrel are rufous with dark brown barring.
The back and wings are dark grey, and the underparts and rump are rufous red.
Back on Raine Island, the very last birds to nest are rufous night herons.
Erlanger 's lark has larger dark neck-patches while in red-capped lark the patches are rufous.
The vent and tail-tip are rufous.

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Male has rufous head and thorax
The rest of the plumage is a rufous chestnut
Adults are rufous with a slight olive tinge
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