Yellow-billed Jacamar
Galbula albirostrisLatham, J, 1790
English (US) Yellow-billed Jacamar
The Yellow-billed Jacamar (Galbula albirostris) 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.
- Scientific name
- Galbula albirostris
- Family
- Galbulidae (Jacamars)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Yellow-billed Jacamar
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1790
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Galbula albirostris chalcocephala
- Galbula albirostris albirostris
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1790
- Type locality
- South America; Cayenne substituted as type locality by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 104.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.245
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Jacamars
Brown Jacamar
Brachygalba lugubris
Pale-headed Jacamar
Brachygalba goeringi
Dusky-backed Jacamar
Brachygalba salmoni
Great Jacamar
Jacamerops aureus
White-eared Jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
Purus Jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus
Blue-necked Jacamar
Galbula cyanicollis
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Galbula ruficauda
Green-tailed Jacamar
Galbula galbula
White-chinned Jacamar
Galbula tombacea
Bluish-fronted Jacamar
Galbula cyanescens
Coppery-chested Jacamar
Galbula pastazae
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