Species profile
Dusky-backed Jacamar
Brachygalba salmoni
Quick answer
Tropical e Panama and nw Colombia
- Scientific name
- Brachygalba salmoni
- Family
- Galbulidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Brachygalba
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Galbulidae
- Blue-necked Jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis)
- Bluish-fronted Jacamar (Galbula cyanescens)
- Bronzy Jacamar, Purplish Jacamar (Galbula leucogastra)
- Brown Jacamar (Brachygalba lugubris)
- Cerise-crowned Jacamar (Galbula chalcocephala)
- Coppery-chested Jacamar (Galbula pastazae)
- Galbula hylochoreutes (Galbula hylochoreutes)
- Great Jacamar (Jacamerops aureus)