Order: Galbuliformes | Family: Galbulidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Mato Grosso, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Bolivia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Madre de Dios, Peru
Status: Generally common at the right habitat type in lowland Amazonia. Found mostly in the departments of Madre de Dios and Ucayali where they favor open scrub-like habitats with scattered trees along lakes, swamps, forest edges, and second growth. It also occurs in Br and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Jacamar del Purús.
Sub-species: Chestnut Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus) Goeldi, 1904.
Meaning of Name: Galbalcyrhynchus: L. Galbal in reference to Galbula= a small yellowish bird. purusianus= related or originating from the Purus River region in Peru and Brazil.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 11/09/2014.