Purplish jacamar

Purplish jacamar
at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Piciformes
Family:Galbulidae
Genus:Galbula
Species: G. chalcothorax
Binomial name
Galbula chalcothorax
Sclater, 1855

The purplish jacamar (Galbula chalcothorax) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae.

It is found in the western Amazon Basin of Ecuador, Peru, southern Colombia and western parts of Acre and Amazonas. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Galbula chalcothorax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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