Green-tailed Jacamar
Galbula galbula(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Green-tailed Jacamar
The Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula) 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: eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern and central BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Galbula galbula
- Family
- Galbulidae (Jacamars)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green-tailed Jacamar
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alcedo Galbula
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Cayenne and Brazil, i.e. Cayenne.)
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.182
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Blue-necked Jacamar
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar
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White-chinned Jacamar
Galbula tombacea
Bluish-fronted Jacamar
Galbula cyanescens
Coppery-chested Jacamar
Galbula pastazae
Purplish Jacamar
Galbula chalcothorax
Bronzy Jacamar
Galbula leucogastra
Paradise Jacamar
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