Coppery-chested jacamar

Coppery-chested jacamar
	image and recording from Ecuador
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Galbulidae
Genus:	Galbula
Species:	G. pastazae
Binomial name
	Galbula pastazae; Taczanowski & Berlepsch, 1885

The coppery-chested jacamar (Galbula pastazae) is a species of

Galbulidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.^[2]^[3]

Taxonomy and systematics

The coppery-chested jacamar is

superspecies.^[4]

Description

The coppery-chested jacamar is 23 to 24 cm (9.1 to 9.4 in) long and weighs approximately 31 to 32 g (1.1 to 1.1 oz). The male's crown is metallic green with a blue gloss. The rest of the upper parts are metallic bronzy green. The throat and breast are shiny green and the belly and vent area are dark rufous. The female is similar except that the chin and throat are dark rufous.[3]

Distribution and habitat

The coppery-chested jacamar is effectively

montane forest. It is a bird of the understory, being found along forest edges, along watercourses, and at tree falls and landslides that provide openings.^[3]

Behavior

Feeding

The coppery-chested jacamar is

insectivorous but few details of its diet or feeding methods are known.^[3]

Breeding

One known nest of the coppery-chested jacamar was a burrow in an earth bank. Little else has been documented about its breeding. [3]

Vocalization

The coppery-chested jacamar's song is "a rising series of wee notes, sometimes ending in a descending rattle" [1]. Its call is "a weet note, singly or in a series" [2].^[3]

Status

The

least concern. It is uncommon and its population is believed to be decreasing in parallel with forest destruction.^[1]

References

^
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22682206A209328844.en
. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

^ ^a ^b Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Schulenberg, T. S. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Coppery-chested Jacamar (Galbula pastazae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cocjac2.01 retrieved May 10, 2021
^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 19 January 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved January 19, 2021

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet.

[IUCN-1] 
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22682206A209328844.en
. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

[IOC11.1-2] Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.

[CCJA-BOW-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Schulenberg, T. S. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Coppery-chested Jacamar (Galbula pastazae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cocjac2.01 retrieved May 10, 2021

[SACClist-4] Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 19 January 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved January 19, 2021

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