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Galbula albirostris
TAXONOMY
Galbula albirostris Latham, 1790.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Blue-cheeked jacamar; blue-necked jacamar; French: Jacamar а bec jaune; German: Gelbschnabel-Glanzvogel; Spanish: Jacamar de Pico Amarillo.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
7.5 in (19 cm) long. The only jacamar species with a yellow bill. Metallic green on upperparts, purplish brown head, white patch on throat, rufous on underparts and tail. Feet and eye ring are yellow.
DISTRIBUTION
Amazonian Brazil, the Guianas, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.
HABITAT
Prefers forest interior more than most jacamars.
BEHAVIOR
Often joins mixed flocks of other bird species.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Prefers butterflies and dragonflies. Captures flying insects while hunting from a perch.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Lays one to four white eggs in ground-hole nest cavity. Incubation is 20–23 days. Chicks emerge from nest after 21–26 days, covered with white down. Both sexes incubate, and care for chicks.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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