Birds of Peru

○ ← PICIFORMES: Galbulidae (Jacamars) →

Genus: Galbalcyrhynchus (2 species, 2 worldwide)


White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Back view.
Bathing in ashes.


Purus Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus) Peru
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal © All Rights Reserved.

Unlike the otherwise similar White-eared Jacamar, the Purus Jacamar prefers the canopy.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba