Dusky-backed Jacamar
Brachygalba salmoniSclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1879
English (US) Dusky-backed Jacamar
The Dusky-backed Jacamar (Brachygalba salmoni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Galbulidae (Jacamars) in the order Galbuliformes.
Range: tropical eastern Panama and northwestern ColombiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Brachygalba salmoni
- Family
- Galbulidae (Jacamars)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dusky-backed Jacamar
- Described by
- Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1879
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1879
- Type locality
- Rio Neche [i.e. Nechi], Antioquia, Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879, pt.3 p.535
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Jacamars
Three-toed Jacamar
Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
White-throated Jacamar
Brachygalba albogularis
Brown Jacamar
Brachygalba lugubris
Pale-headed Jacamar
Brachygalba goeringi
Great Jacamar
Jacamerops aureus
White-eared Jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
Purus Jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus
Yellow-billed Jacamar
Galbula albirostris
Blue-necked Jacamar
Galbula cyanicollis
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Galbula ruficauda
Green-tailed Jacamar
Galbula galbula
White-chinned Jacamar
Galbula tombacea
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