Brachygalba

Brachygalba
Pale-headed jacamar (Brachygalba goeringi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Galbulidae
Genus: Brachygalba
Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Galbula albigularis[1]
von Spix, 1824
Species

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Brachygalba is a genus of bird in the family Galbulidae.

Species

It contains the following species:

Genus Brachygalba – Bonaparte, 1854 – four species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
White-throated jacamar

Brachygalba albogularis
(Spix, 1824) 		Bolivia, Brazil and Peru
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Pale-headed jacamar


Brachygalba goeringi
(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869) 		Colombia and Venezuela
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Brown jacamar

Brachygalba lugubris
(Swainson, 1838)

Seven subspecies
  • B. l. fulviventris Sclater (1891)
  • B. l. caquetae Chapman (1917)
  • B. l. lugubris Swainson (1838)
  • B. l. obscuriceps Zimmer & Phelps (1947)
  • B. l. naumburgae Chapman (1931)
  • B. l. phaeonota Todd (1943)
  • B. l. melanosterna Sclater (1855)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Dusky-backed jacamar

Brachygalba salmoni
Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1879 		Colombia and Panama
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 





References

  1. ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.


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