Jacamars (Galbulidae)
Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula) - HBW 7, p. 99
French: Jacamar vert
German: Grünschwanz-Glanzvogel
Spanish: Jacamará Coliverde
Taxonomy: Alcedo Galbula Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne and Brazil = Cayenne.
Forms a superspecies with G. ruficauda, G. pastazae, G. tombacea and G. cyanescens. Thought to have hybridized with G. leucogastra in Surinam. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Colombia (Vichada, Meta), S & E Venezuela (S of R Orinoco), the Guianas and N Brazil (S to lower reaches of R Madeira and R Tapajós).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a tree, singing. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 22 sec 4.8 -
A dorsal view of a bird perched in a tree, calling and flying away. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 4.7 -
A perched bird singing. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 4.2 -
A male (white throat instead of buffy) looking around from it's perch. Locality Babunhol, Brokopondo District, Suriname (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 20 March 2011 25 weeks ago 28 sec 3.8 -
An adult male singing Locality Junglaven Rainforest Lodge, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
David Fisher 2 March 2006 5 years ago 38 sec 3.6 -
An individual perched on a branch Locality Junglaven, Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2002 9 years ago 18 sec 3.4
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An adult male
Locality Roraima State, Brazil
MARCELO CAMACHO 17 August 2011 20 weeks ago 4.3 -
A male on a branch.
Locality Río Grande, Imataca Forest Reserve, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 19 October 2005 2 years ago 3.6 -
A dorsal view of a bird perched.
Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
A female
Locality Urucará, Amazonas State, Brazil
Glauco Kohler 9 February 2011 7 weeks ago 2.8
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A bird singing. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird calling repeatedly. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A pair singing on a riverside. In the background : Pitangus sulphuratus Locality Guatemala, Kourou, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 12 June 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Calls from one bird. Locality Río Grande, Imataca Forest Reserve, Venezuela
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 18 October 2005 2 years ago 4
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