Green-tailed Jacamar
- Scientific name
- Galbula galbula
- Family
- Galbulidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Pointed
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Why it matters
The Green-tailed Jacamar is a striking inhabitant of the tropical forests of northern South America, easily identified by its slender, needle-like bill and distinctively pointed tail feathers. Collectors of ornithological specimens and natural history art prize this species for its iridescent, metallic green plumage, which serves as a classic example of structural coloration in avian biology.
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About Green-tailed Jacamar
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