Yellow-billed jacamar

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Yellow-billed jacamar
A male yellow-billed jacamar at Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Galbulidae
Genus: Galbula
Species:
G. albirostris
Binomial name
Galbula albirostris
Latham, 1790

The yellow-billed jacamar (Galbula albirostris) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. It is a bird of the Amazon Basin; its range is only on the north side of the Amazon River, except at the river's outlet in a small region of northeastern Pará state, Brazil. The Andes cordillera is the western limit of the species.

Female (left) and male (right), illustration by Keulemans

Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Galbula albirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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