Yellow-billed jacamar
| Yellow-billed jacamar | |
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| A male yellow-billed jacamar at Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Galbulidae |
| Genus: | Galbula |
| Species: | G. albirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Galbula albirostris Latham, 1790 | |
The yellow-billed jacamar (Galbula albirostris) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. It is a bird of the Amazon Basin; its range is only on the north side of the Amazon River, except at the river's outlet in a small region of northeastern Pará state, Brazil. The Andes cordillera is the western limit of the species.
Female (left) and male (right), illustration by Keulemans
Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Galbula albirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Yellow-billed jacamar videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Yellow-billed jacamar photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
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