Green-tailed Jacamar - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Luis R
Barquilla de Fresa Lodge, Las Claritas, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, 6 April 2009

Galbula galbula

Identification

18–22 cm (7-8¾ in)
Male

• Coppery-green upperparts and chestband
• Bluish-green crown and head sides
• Black tail

Distribution

South America: found from eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, northern and central Brazil.

Female
Photo © by alexandre vinot
French Guiana, December 2008

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Coastal and lowland rainforests, forest edges and scrub near water.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. They also eat butterflies and moths.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Green-tailed Jacamar. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Green-tailed_Jacamar

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