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Photo © by Stanley Jones
Manu Province, Peru, 23 September, 2009
Galbula cyanescens

Identification

20–23 cm (7¾-9 in)

  • Green upperparts
  • Metallic blue green crown
  • Black chin
  • Green throat and chest
  • Rufous underparts and undertail
  • Black bill

Female: similar with ochre underparts

Variations

Female
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Juan de Guerra, Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, 30 December 2016

Some individuals in the southeast may show white chin.

Similar Species

Almost identical to White-chinned Jacamar which has dull grayish crown. No known overlap in range.

Distribution

South America: found in riverine forests of eastern Peru to northern Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Cloud forest, forest edges and secondary growth often near water.

Behaviour

Diet

There is not a lot of information available, but thought to be similar to that of Rufous-tailed Jacamar, i.e. flying insects.

Breeding

The only known nest was a tunnel in a stream embankment.

Vocalisation

Has been described as a series of high-pitched notes; full song an excited series of accelerating mewing whistles.

Movements

Sedentary.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BirdForum Member observations
  3. Bluish-fronted Jacamar (Galbula cyanescens), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/blfjac1
  4. Brightsmith, Donald J. (2004) Nest sites of termitarium nesting birds in SE Peru. Ornitología Neotropical 15: 319-330.
  5. Tobias, J., Züchner, T., de Melo Júnior, T.A. & Bonan, A. (2019). Bluish-fronted Jacamar (Galbula cyanescens). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/55948 on 15 July 2019).

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