Copyright: monacoeye • Pantanal, Brazil, August 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Rufous Tailed Jacamar
Latin: Galbula ruficauda
Other: Jacamará colirrufo (Es) • Ariramba-de-cauda-ruiva (Br)
Family: Galbulidae • Jacamars
Range: Southern Mexico, Central America to Brazil (south of Amazon)
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I was pleased to see Rufous-tailed Jacamars on several occasions during my 5 days in the Pantanal.

Sometimes they would swoop in front of me, while I was walking on a forest path alone, and then alight on a nearby bare horizontal branch of medium thickness.

They would then perch calmly, or if I got too close, move to another similar spot. They seemed confiding and were good subjects and very photogenic. Sometimes seemed to be in mixed flocks too.

The male Rufous-tailed Jacamar, above, has a white chin and rich rufous belly, while the female, pictured directly below, has a paler belly and pale chin.

Curicaca Lodge in the Pantanal was very good for this bird. There was one at the start of the path behind the lodge (near the killer bees!) with a fair amount of light coming through the trees there.

Below, female Rufous-tailed Jacamar at Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, Brazil, August.
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Copyright: monacoeye • Rio state, Brazil, September 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Three Toed Jacamar
Latin: Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
Other: Cuitelão (Br)
Family: Galbulidae • Jacamars
Range: SE Brazil, Rio de Janeiro state
Similar: Brown Jacamar (not much overlap)

We saw this pair of Three-toed Jacamars in the north of Rio state on a long excursion from Serra dos Tucanos. They’re now classed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red list, due to habitat loss, and probably extinct from Sao Paulo state.

The Three-toed Jacamar is slightly browner around the head than one might expect from some illustrations. Note dark bill and white underparts including chest differentiate it from the Brown Jacamar.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Para, Brazil, September 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Bronzy Jacamar
Latin: Galbula leucogastra
Other: Jacamará bronceado (Es) • Ariramba-bronzeada (Br)
Family: Galbulidae • Jacamars
Range: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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Just record shots of this Bronzy Jacamar in Para state, Brazil. Note white neck and bronzy chest.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Para, Brazil, September 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Paradise Jacamar
Latin: Galbula dea
Other: Ariramba-do-paraiso (Br) • Jacamará colilargo, jacamar del paraíso, jacamar negro (Es)
Family: Galbulidae • Jacamars
Range: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyanas
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The Paradise Jacamar has a long thin tail but is very dark, with a white collar and long straight bill. Seen here at Rio Azul Lodge in southern Amazonia.

Copyright: monacoeye • Para, Brazil, September 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Blue Necked Jacamar
Latin: Galbula cyanicollis
Other: Blue-cheeked Jacamar • Jacamará cariazul, jacamar de cuello azul (Es) • Ariramba-de-mata (Br)
Family: Galbulidae • Jacamars
Range: Amazonia south of the Amazon: Bolivia, Peru, Brazil
Similar: Yellow-billed Jacamar, Rufous-tailed Jacamar.

The Blue-necked Jacamar is similar to the Yellow-billed Jacamar but lives south of the Amazon while the latter lives north of the Amazon.

The Blue-necked Jacamar has a yellow bill, no green on chest. More photos...

Copyright: TC/monacoeye • Napo, Ecuador, 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Yellow Billed Jacamar
Latin: Galbula albirostris
Other: Jacamar piquiamarillo (Es) • Ariramba de bico amarelo (Br)
Family: Galbulidae • Jacamars
Range: Amazonia, north of Amazon: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Similar: Blue-necked Jacamar

Thanks to Tom for this shot of a Yellow-billed Jacamar in the Oriente, Napo, Ecuador. Note darker cap than Blue-necked Jacamar.

Copyright: monacoeye • Napo, Ecuador, May 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: White Eared Jacamar
Latin: Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
Other: Jacamar orejiblanco (Es) • Ariramba vermelha (Br)
Family: Galbulidae • Jacamars
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
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The taxi driver spotted this White-eared Jacamar on a telephone wire beside the road, not far from Tena, Napo, Ecuador.

The White-eared Jacamar has a heavy bill and characteristic white ear patch. Otherwise reddish.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Pipeline Rd, Panama, April 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Great Jacamar
Latin: Jacamerops aureus
Other: Jacamará, jacamará grande (Es) • Jacamaraçu (Br)
Family: Galbulidae • Jacamars
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, NW Ecuador, Amazonia
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This Great Jacamar was somehow difficult to see, despite its vivid colours, as it sat motionless on an overhanging branch. Not a very common bird in Panama, we only saw one, here on the Pipeline Rd.More photos...

100 Galbulidae - Jacamars - IOC 2.5 2010

Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis - White-eared Jacamar - W Amazonia
Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus - Purus Jacamar - SW Amazonia

Brachygalba salmoni - Dusky-backed Jacamar - E Panama, NW Colombia
Brachygalba goeringi - Pale-headed Jacamar - NE Colombia, NW Venezuela
Brachygalba lugubris - Brown Jacamar - Amazonia, C South America
Brachygalba albogularis - White-throated Jacamar - W Amazonia

Jacamaralcyon tridactyla - Three-toed Jacamar - SE Brazil

Galbula albirostris - Yellow-billed Jacamar - N Amazonia
Galbula cyanicollis - Blue-necked Jacamar - S Amazonia
Galbula ruficauda - Rufous-tailed Jacamar - Widespread Latin America
Galbula galbula - Green-tailed Jacamar - N Amazonia
Galbula pastazae - Coppery-chested Jacamar - S Colombia to E Ecuador
Galbula tombacea - White-chinned Jacamar - NW Amazonia
Galbula cyanescens - Bluish-fronted Jacamar - W Amazonia
Galbula chalcothorax - Purplish Jacamar - W Amazonia
Galbula leucogastra - Bronzy Jacamar - C Amazonia
Galbula dea - Paradise Jacamar - Amazonia

Jacamerops aureus - Great Jacamar - Costa Rica to NW Ecuador, Amazonia