Jacamars (Galbulidae)
White-chinned Jacamar (Galbula tombacea) - HBW 7, p. 99
French: Jacamar à menton blanc
German: Weißkinn-Glanzvogel
Spanish: Jacamará Barbiblanco
Taxonomy: Galbula tombacea Spix, 1824, São Paulo de Olivença, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with G. ruficauda, G. galbula, G. pastazae and G. cyanescens; most closely related to the last two. Differences between nominate race and mentalis possibly clinal. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tombacea Spix, 1824 - E of Andes in Colombia (S of Villavicencio, in Meta), NE Ecuador (Napo), NE Peru (Loreto), and W Brazil S of Amazon (E to Tonantins area).
- mentalis Todd, 1943 - NW Brazil on both banks of R Solimões (E to R Negro and R Madeira).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair, the male on the right, preening on a branch Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp tombacea )
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 5 years ago 38 sec 4.4 -
A female perched and looking around Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp tombacea )
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.1 -
A bird at the edge of the water, looking for prey Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp tombacea)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2007 5 years ago 48 sec 3.9 -
An female preening, joined by a male Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp tombacea )
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 5 years ago 32 sec 3.8
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A couple on a branch
Locality San José del Guaviare, Guaviare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 17 March 2012 1 year ago 2.7 -
Individual perched in tree.
Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Miriam Bauman 30 December 2009 2 years ago 1.6
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Song. Locality Palmarí Natural Reserve, Amazonas State, Brazil
(ssp tombacea)
Nick Athanas 21 December 2007 3 years ago 4
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