Yellow-billed Jacamar (Galbula albirostris)

Family
Galbulidae (Jacamars)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Latham, 1790

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Yellow-billed Jacamar (Galbula albirostris) [XC238275]
by Niels Krabbe from Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador (song)

Yellow-billed Jacamar (Galbula albirostris) [XC238274]
by Niels Krabbe from Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Blue-necked Jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis) and are sometimes considered conspecific, but no intergradation has been observed in zone of potential sympatry in R Ucayali Valley, north-eastern Peru, and their populations are otherwise separated by R Amazon almost throughout its length. Subspecies chalcocephala possibly a distinct species, as morphological differences from nominate subspecies considerable and apparently constant, with no intergrades known.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

albirostris Latham, 1790 - Eastern Colombia (Mit�, Vaup�s), southern and eastern Venezuela (south of R Orinoco), the Guianas and northern Brazil (north of Amazon).
chalcocephala Deville, 1849 - South-eastern Colombia east of Andes (south of Meta), eastern Ecuador and western Brazil (upper R Negro) south to north-eastern Peru (south to upper R Ucayali); possibly also southern Venezuela (upper R Orinoco). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Cerise-crowned Jacamar (Galbula chalcocephala).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-billed Jacamar (Galbula albirostris) - 10 files

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