Brown Jacamar (Brachygalba lugubris) [XC247129]
by John V. Moore from La Gran Sabana, Bol\u00edvar, Venezuela (song)
Brown Jacamar (Brachygalba lugubris) [XC695090]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Brisas, Colombia (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Dusky-backed Jacamar (Brachygalba salmoni), Pale-headed Jacamar (Brachygalba goeringi) and White-throated Jacamar (Brachygalba albogularis). No contact or intergradation between subspecies is known, and potential zones of overlap merit investigation to elucidate taxomonic relationships. Subspecies phaeonota, known only from the type specimen, was described as a separate species, but considered probably a form of present species. Subspecies melanosterna and naumburgi previously treated as together constituting a separate species, and their taxonomic status may require reassessment.
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
fulviventris Sclater, PL, 1891 - East of Andes in central Colombia (Buenavista, Villavicencio).
obscuriceps Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1947 - Southern Venezuela (upper Orinoco region, R Ocamo) and north-western Brazil (upper R Padauiri, R Negro).
lugubris (Swainson, 1838) - Eastern and southern Venezuela through the Guianas to north-eastern Brazil.
caquetae Chapman, 1917 - Southern Colombia east of Andes (southern from Caquetá) south to eastern Ecuador and northern Peru.
phaeonota Todd, 1943 - Western Brazil, at Tonantins (on R Solimoes).
naumburgae Chapman, 1931 - North-eastern Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui).
melanosterna Sclater, PL, 1855 - Eastern Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and central and southern Brazil (Pará south to Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Goiás, western Minas Gerais, western Sío Paulo).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet