List of jacamars

Jacamars are birds in the family Galbulidae in the order Piciformes. There are currently 18 extant species of jacamars recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union. ^[1]

Conventions

IUCN Red List categories

Conservation status
EX	Extinct (0 species)
EW	Extinct in the wild (0 species)
CR	Critically Endangered (0 species)
EN	Endangered (0 species)
VU	Vulnerable (0 species)
NT	Near threatened (1 species)
LC	Least concern (17 species)

Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the jacamar's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IOC World Bird List for that species unless otherwise noted. Population estimates are of the number of mature individuals and are taken from the IUCN Red List.

This list follows the taxonomic treatment (designation and order of species) and nomenclature (scientific and common names) of version 13.2 of the IOC World Bird List. ^[1] Where the taxonomy proposed by the IOC World Bird List conflicts with the taxonomy followed by the IUCN ^{[lower-alpha 1]} or the 2023 edition of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, ^[3] the disagreement is noted next to the species's common name (for nomenclatural disagreements) or scientific name (for taxonomic disagreements).

Classification

The International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) recognises 18 species of jacamars in five genera. ^[1] This list does not include hybrid species, extinct prehistoric species, or putative species not yet accepted by the IOU.

Family Galbulidae

• Genus Galbalcyrhynchus : two species
• Genus Brachygalba : four species
• Genus Jacamaralcyon : one species
• Genus Galbula : ten species
• Genus Jacamerops : one species

Jacamars

Genus Galbalcyrhynchus – Des Murs, 1845 – 2 species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	IUCN status and estimated population
White-eared jacamar	G. leucotis Des Murs, 1845	Western Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [4]
Purus jacamar	G. purusianus Goeldi, 1904	Southwestern Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [5]

Genus Brachygalba – Bonaparte, 1854 – 4 species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	IUCN status and estimated population
Dusky-backed jacamar	B. salmoni Sclater, P. L. & Salvin, 1879	Eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia	LC  20,000–49,999 [6]
Pale-headed jacamar	B. goeringi Sclater, P. L. & Salvin, 1869	Northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela	LC  Unknown [7]
Brown jacamar	B. lugubris (Swainson, 1838) Seven subspecies B. l. fulviventris B. l. caquetae B. l. lugubris B. l. obscuriceps B. l. naumburgae B. l. phaeonota B. l. melanosterna	South America	LC  Unknown [8]
White-throated jacamar	B. albogularis (Spix, 1824)	Western Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [9]

Genus Jacamaralcyon – Lesson, R. P., 1830 – 1 species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	IUCN status and estimated population
Three-toed jacamar	J. tridactyla (Vieillot, 1817)	Southeastern Brazil	NT  1,300–5,400 [10]

Genus Galbula – Brisson, 1760 – 10 species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-billed jacamar	G. albirostris Latham, 1790 Two subspecies G. a. chalcocephala G. a. albirostris	Northern Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [11]
Blue-necked jacamar	G. cyanicollis Cassin, 1851	Southern Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [12]
Rufous-tailed jacamar	G. ruficauda Cuvier, 1816 Six subspecies G. r. melanogenia G. r. ruficauda G. r. pallens G. r. brevirostris G. r. rufoviridis G. r. heterogyna	Central and South America	LC  500,000–4,999,999 [13]
Green-tailed jacamar	G. galbula (Linnaeus, 1766)	Northern Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [14]
Coppery-chested jacamar	G. pastazae Taczanowski & Berlepsch, 1885	Southern Colombia to eastern Ecuador	LC  42,000 [15]
White-chinned jacamar	G. tombacea Spix, 1824 Two subspecies G. t. tombacea G. t. mentalis	Northwestern Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [16]
Bluish-fronted jacamar	G. cyanescens Deville, 1849	Western Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [17]
Purplish jacamar	G. chalcothorax Sclater, P. L., 1855	Western Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [18]
Bronzy jacamar	G. leucogastra Vieillot, 1817	Western Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [19]
Paradise jacamar	G. dea (Linnaeus, 1758) Four subspecies G. d. dea G. d. amazonum G. d. brunneiceps G. d. phainopepla	Amazon rainforest	LC  Unknown [20]

Genus Jacamerops – Lesson, R. P., 1830 – 1 species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	IUCN status and estimated population
Great jacamar	J. aureus (Müller, P. L. S., 1776) Four subspecies J. a. penardi J. a. aureus J. a. ridgwayi J. a. isidori	Central and South America	LC  500,000–4,999,999 [21]

Notes

1. The IUCN follows the taxonomy proposed by the HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist. ^[2]

References

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