Bluish-fronted Jacamar

Overview

The bluish-fronted jacamar (Galbula cyanescens) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN and appears to be common throughout its range.

Identification

• Measures 20 to 23 cm in length and weighs between 22 and 26 g.
• Males feature a metallic green to bluish crown and upperparts, a blackish chin and upper throat, green lower throat and chest, and rufous underparts.
• Females differ from males by having ochraceous lower breasts and bellies.

Habitat

Found east of the Andes and south of the Amazon River, spanning eastern Peru, western Brazil up to the Madeira River, and south into Bolivia's La Paz Department. It inhabits humid primary forest, gallery forest, and secondary forest up to 1,000 m elevation, typically in mid-stage succession vegetation along forest edges and watercourses.

Diet

Its diet is believed to consist of many kinds of flying insects, though it has not been described in detail. It perches on exposed branches or in scrub to sally out for prey and sometimes joins mixed-species foraging flocks.

Did you know?

The bird's song is uniquely rendered as "kip kip-kip-kipkikikrkrkrrr-kree-kree-kree-kip-kip-kikikrrrrreeuw".