Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula)
About the Green-tailed Jacamar
The green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. The green-tailed jacamar is monotypic. It and the rufous-tailed (Galbula ruficauda), white-chinned (G. tombacea), bluish-fronted (G. cyanescens), and coppery-chested jacamars (G. pastazae) are considered to form a superspecies. The green-tailed jacamar is 18 to 22 cm (7.1 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 18 to 29 g (0.63 to 1.02 oz). The male's head, upperparts, and a band across the chest are metallic coppery green, somewhat bluer on the face. The tail is bluish green. The throat is white and the belly and vent area reddish chestnut. The female is similar but the throat is buff and the underparts are duller and paler.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 35 recordings for this species: 18 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Coppery-chested JacamarGalbula pastazaerecording
- Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficaudarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.