Birds of Peru

    PICIFORMES: Galbulidae (Jacamars)  
Genus: Galbalcyrhynchus (2 species, 2 worldwide)



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

Back view.
Bathing in ashes.

Purus Jacamar
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.


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