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Blue-necked Jacamar
Galbula cyanicollis Cassin, 1851
Galbulidae — Jacamars
Blue-necked Jacamar, Galbula cyanicollis, is a jacamar of south Amazonia in South America, recorded from eastern Peru, far northern Bolivia and Brazil. It belongs to the family Galbulidae and was described by Cassin in 1851. It lives in the lower levels of terra firme and várzea forest, including small openings, and also in gallery forest within the cerrado. A key feature is its blue-toned face, with the male showing glossy green upperparts and chestnut below, while the female is duller with tawny buff underparts.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Galbulidae — Jacamars
- Breeding range
- South America: s Amazonia
