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Galbalcyrhynchus
	Purus jacamar at Manu National Park, Peru
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Galbulidae
Genus:	Galbalcyrhynchus; Des Murs, 1845
Type species
	Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis; Des Murs, 1845
Species
	See text

Galbalcyrhynchus is a genus of birds in the Galbulidae family. Established by Marc Athanese Parfait Oeillet Des Murs in 1845, it contains the following species:^[2]

Species

Genus **Galbalcyrhynchus** – Des Murs, 1845 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
White-eared jacamar	Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis Des Murs, 1845	Amazon Basin of western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru	Size: 18 to 21 cm (7.1 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 44 to 50 g (1.6 to 1.8 oz) Habitat: Diet:	LC
Purus jacamar	Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus Goeldi, 1904	Amazon Basin of western Brazil, northern Bolivia and eastern Peru.	Size: 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs 50 g (1.8 oz) Habitat: Diet:	LC

The name Galbalcyrhynchus is a combination of the genus name Galbula (used for many of the jacamars) and the genus name Alcyone (used for some of the kingfishers) with the Greek word rhunkhos, meaning "bill".^[3]

References

^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "ITIS Report: Galbalcyrhynchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.