Green-tailed jacamar
The green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae.
| Green-tailed jacamar | |
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| A male green-tailed jacamar at Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão, Amazonas, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Galbulidae |
| Genus: | Galbula |
| Species: | G. galbula |
| Binomial name | |
| Galbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alcedo galbula Linnaeus, 1766 | |
It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, both tropical and subtropical, and heavily degraded former forest.
Galbula galbula, female (left) and male (right), illustration by Keulemans
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Galbula galbula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
External links
- Green-tailed jacamar videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Suriname) with RangeMap
- Green-tailed jacamar photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
- Photo-High Res; Article pdubois
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