Jacamars (Galbulidae)
Purplish Jacamar (Galbula chalcothorax) - HBW 7, p. 100
French: Jacamar violacé
German: Purpurglanzvogel
Spanish: Jacamará Violáceo
Taxonomy: Galbula chalcothorax P. L. Sclater, 1855, Quijos, Ecuador.
Forms a superspecies with G. leucogastra. Sometimes regarded as conspecific, but geographical isolation and apparently stable morphological differences support treatment as separate species. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Colombia (Putumayo, Vaupés, Guainía), E Ecuador, E Peru and W Brazil (R Juruá).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female perched high in a tree, looking around and singing Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2007 5 years ago 40 sec 4.8 -
A female perched high in a tree, looking around, calling and turning around Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2007 5 years ago 39 sec 4.6 -
A female perched high in a tree, singing, flycatching successfully and looking for more prey Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2007 5 years ago 43 sec 4.6 -
A female perched high in a tree, looking for prey in all directions and turning around Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2007 5 years ago 58 sec 4.4 -
a bird in a tree Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 3 years ago 25 sec 2.5 -
A bird near a nest being excavated in a termite nest Locality Napo Wildlife Center, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 16 November 2005 6 years ago 8 sec 2.3
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A bird perched in the canopy.
Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Scott Olmstead 3 December 2007 3 years ago 4.2
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Calls from at least two birds near a termite nest. Locality Shaime, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 14 April 2007 3 years ago 4
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