Family
Jacamars
Galbulidae
18 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Piciformes
The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico. The family contains five genera and 18 species. The family is closely related to the puffbirds, another Neotropical family, and the two families are often separated into their own order, Galbuliformes, separate from the Piciformes.
Species in this family
- White-throated Jacamar Brachygalba albogularis
- Pale-headed Jacamar Brachygalba goeringi
- Brown Jacamar Brachygalba lugubris
- Dusky-backed Jacamar Brachygalba salmoni
- White-eared Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
- Purus Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus
- Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris
- Purplish Jacamar Galbula chalcothorax
- Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens
- Blue-cheeked Jacamar Galbula cyanicollis
- Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea
- Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula
- Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra
- Coppery-chested Jacamar Galbula pastazae
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- White-chinned Jacamar Galbula tombacea
- Three-toed Jacamar Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
- Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus