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.

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) [XC223276]
by Dan Lane from Lower Rio Caura area, Bolivar, Venezuela (call)

Yellow-billed Jacamar (Galbula albirostris) [XC260573]
by Peter Boesman from Orellana: \, 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:

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