Great Jacamar
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| Great Jacamar | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Galbulidae |
| Genus: | Jacamerops Lesson, 1830 |
| Species: | J. aureus |
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| Jacamerops aureus (Statius Müller, 1776) |
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The Great Jacamar (Jacamerops aureus) is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Jacamerops.[citation needed]
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Jacamerops aureus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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