Purplish Jacamar
Galbula chalcothoraxSclater, PL, 1855
English (US) Purplish Jacamar
The Purplish Jacamar (Galbula chalcothorax) 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: western Amazonia, from southeastern Colombia to eastern Peru (south to Ucayali) and eastward to western Brazil (east at least to the Juruá)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Galbula chalcothorax
- Family
- Galbulidae (Jacamars)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purplish Jacamar
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1855
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1855
- Type locality
- Quijos, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.22, no.266 p.110
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Yellow-billed Jacamar
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Blue-necked Jacamar
Galbula cyanicollis
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
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Green-tailed Jacamar
Galbula galbula
White-chinned Jacamar
Galbula tombacea
Bluish-fronted Jacamar
Galbula cyanescens
Coppery-chested Jacamar
Galbula pastazae
Bronzy Jacamar
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Paradise Jacamar
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