Jacamars (Galbulidae)
Dusky-backed Jacamar (Brachygalba salmoni) - HBW 7, p. 93
French: Jacamar sombre
German: Salmonglanzvogel
Spanish: Jacamará Dorsioscuro
Other common names: Salmon’s Jacamar
Taxonomy: Brachygalba salmoni P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1879, Río Nechí, Antioquia, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with B. goeringi, B. lugubris and B. albogularis. Isolated population in N Colombia at Carmen, in Bolívar, described as race carmenensis on the basis of slight differences in plumage coloration and bill shape, but these appear to fall within range of individual variation elsewhere in Colombia and Panama. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Panama (Darién) and NW Colombia (N Antioquia, S Córdoba, N Bolívar).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird on branch catching flies, jumping to face back and front, then flying off. Mid-afternoon, at 1,200 meters above sea level. Locality Cana Field Station, Darién National Park, Darién Province, Panama (Monotypic species)
Charlotte Elton 28 June 2009 3 years ago 37 sec 3.7
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on a exposed branch.
Locality Cana Field Station, Darién National Park, Darién Province, Panama (Monotypic species)
Euclides Campos 2 January 2010 47 weeks ago 3
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