Green-tailed jacamar

The green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae.

Green-tailed jacamar
A male green-tailed jacamar at Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Galbulidae
Genus: Galbula
Species:
G. galbula
Binomial name
Galbula galbula
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Alcedo galbula Linnaeus, 1766

It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, both tropical and subtropical, and heavily degraded former forest.

Galbula galbula, female (left) and male (right), illustration by Keulemans

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Galbula galbula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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