Great Jacamar - BirdForum Opus

Photo by rb_stern
La Selva Lodge, Ecuador, January 2009

Jacamerops aureus

Identification

25–30 cm
Male

• Green chin, sides of face and upperparts

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• J. a. penardi:

• Caribbean slope of Costa Rica to western Colombia

• J. a. aureus:

• Eastern Colombia to Venezuela and the Guianas

• J. a. ridgwayi:

• Lower Amazonian Brazil (Rio Negro and Rio Tapajós eastward)

• J. a. isidori:

• Eastern Ecuador to eastern Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia

Habitat

Tropical rain forest

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of a variety of insects, bees, wasps and ants.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Great Jacamar. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Great_Jacamar

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