Three-toed Jacamar
Jacamaralcyon tridactyla(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Three-toed Jacamar
The Three-toed Jacamar (Jacamaralcyon tridactyla) 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: lowlands of southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais to Paraná)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
- Family
- Galbulidae (Jacamars)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Three-toed Jacamar
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Galbula tridactyla
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Brazil; Pinto, op. cit., suggests Sao Paulo as restricted type locality.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 16 p.445
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Jacamars
White-throated Jacamar
Brachygalba albogularis
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
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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