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Galbula galbula
TAXONOMY
Galbula galbula Linnaeus, 1766.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Jacamar vert; German: Grьnschwanz-Glanzvogel; Spanish: Jacamar de Cola Verde.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
8 in (20 cm); 2 in (51 mm) slender bill. Metallic green upperparts, white or buff patch on throat, tail shorter and more rounded than other species, with green on top and dusky blue underneath.
DISTRIBUTION
Brazil, Colombia, the Guianas, and Venezuela.
HABITAT
Forest edge, woodland, usually close to water.
BEHAVIOR
Like rufous-tailed jacamar, they prefer lower shrub perches for hunting.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Prefer butterflies and dragonflies. Catches prey in mid-air and batters it against a branch before consuming it.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Lays one white eggs in ground-hole nest cavity. Incubation is 20–23 days. Chicks emerge from nest after 21–26 days, covered in white down. Both sexes incubate and care for chicks.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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