Blue-necked Jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis)

Other Names (World)
Blue-necked Jacamar, Blue-cheeked Jacamar, Purple-necked Jacamar

Family
Galbulidae (Jacamars)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cassin, 1851

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Peru.

Eastern Peru (south to lower R Ucayali) and Brazil south of Amazon (east to Maranh�£o, south to Rond�´nia and northern Mato Grosso).

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 (25)...)

Blue-necked Jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis) [XC303307]
by Caio Brito from Parauapebas, Parauapebas, Par\u00e1, Brazil (song)

Blue-necked Jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis) [XC118996]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Parauapebas, Para, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Yellow-billed Jacamar (Galbula albirostris) and sometimes considered conspecific, but no intergradation 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. Considerable geographical variation in plumage characters. Upper Amazonian subpopulation possibly a separate subspecies, or even distinct species.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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