Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula)

Family
Galbulidae (Jacamars)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest. From sea-level - 700 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.

Eastern Colombia (Vichada, Meta), southern and eastern Venezuela (south of R Orinoco), the Guianas and northern Brazil (south to lower reaches of R Madeira and R Tapaj�s).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula) [XC223305]
by Peter Boesman from Lower Rio Caura area, Bolivar, Venezuela (song)

Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula) [XC271949]
by Peter Boesman from Colakreek, Para, Suriname (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda), Coppery-chested Jacamar (Galbula pastazae), White-chinned Jacamar (Galbula tombacea) and Bluish-fronted Jacamar (Galbula cyanescens). Thought to have hybridized with Bronzy Jacamar (Galbula leucogastra) in Surinam.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula) - 10 files

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