Bird group

Jacamars

18 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Blue-cheeked Jacamar
Galbula cyanicollis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Blue-cheeked Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of western Amazonian forests of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil. It usually…

Bluish-fronted Jacamar
Galbula cyanescens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bluish-fronted Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of southwestern Amazonian forests of Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. It usually…

Bronzy Jacamar
Galbula leucogastra
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bronzy Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of southern Amazonian and cerrado-edge forests of Brazil and Bolivia. It usually watches…

Brown Jacamar
Brachygalba lugubris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of Amazonian forest edges and riverine habitats of northern South America. It usually…

Coppery-chested Jacamar
Galbula pastazae
Least Concern≈ 42K

The Coppery-chested Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of eastern Andean foothill forests of Ecuador and northern Peru. It usually…

Dusky-backed Jacamar
Brachygalba salmoni
Least Concern≈ 20K-49,999

The Dusky-backed Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of Choco lowland forests of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It usually…

Great Jacamar
Jacamerops aureus
Least Concern≈ 500K-4,999,999

The Great Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of humid lowland forests from southern Mexico through Central and South America. It…

Green-tailed Jacamar
Galbula galbula
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Green-tailed Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of Guianas, Venezuela, and northeastern Amazonian forests. It usually watches from…

Pale-headed Jacamar
Brachygalba goeringi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pale-headed Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of dry forest and cerrado edge of eastern Bolivia and central Brazil. It usually…

Paradise Jacamar
Galbula dea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Paradise Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of Amazon Basin and Guianan forests. It usually watches from exposed forest-edge or…

Purplish Jacamar
Galbula chalcothorax
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Purplish Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of western Amazonian forests of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil. It usually watches…

Purus Jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Purus Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of southwestern Amazonian forests around the Purus and Madeira river systems. It usually…

Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Galbula ruficauda
Least Concern≈ 500K-4,999,999

The Rufous-tailed Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of forest edges and open woodland from Mexico through Central America to northern…

Three-toed Jacamar
Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
Near Threatened≈ 1.3K-5.4K

The Three-toed Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. It usually watches from exposed…

White-chinned Jacamar
Galbula tombacea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-chinned Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of Amazonian riverine forests of northern South America. It usually watches from…

White-eared Jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-eared Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of western Amazonian river-edge forests of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. It…

White-throated Jacamar
Brachygalba albogularis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-throated Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of Guianan and northeastern Amazonian forests. It usually watches from exposed…

Yellow-billed Jacamar
Galbula albirostris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-billed Jacamar is a slim, long-billed jacamar of northern Amazonian and Guianan forests. It usually watches from exposed…