Species profile
Green-Tailed Jacamar
Galbula galbula
Quick answer
E Colombia to s Venezuela, the Guianas, n and central Brazil
- Scientific name
- Galbula galbula
- Family
- Galbulidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Galbula
- 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)
- Dusky-backed Jacamar (Brachygalba salmoni)
- Galbula hylochoreutes (Galbula hylochoreutes)