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Blue-necked jacamar

Galbula cyanicollis Cassin, 1851

LCLeast Concernbirds

The blue-necked jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis) is a species in the family Galbulidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 21 g to 23.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Blue-necked jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis)
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue-necked jacamar

Weight
21 g – 23.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the blue-necked jacamar

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Blue-necked jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis)
Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the blue-necked jacamar live?

Not recorded

What is the blue-necked jacamar?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blue-necked jacamar or blue-cheeked jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue-necked jacamar” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-necked_jacamar&oldid=1379673892), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the blue-necked jacamar endangered?

The blue-necked jacamar is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the blue-necked jacamar classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyGalbulidae
  6. genusGalbula
  7. SpeciesGalbula cyanicollis Cassin, 1851

Synonyms Galbula albirostris cyanicollis, Galbula cyaneicollis, Galbula cyanocollis

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • Blue-cheeked jacamarEnglish
  • Blue-cheeked jacamarEnglish
  • jacamar carablauCatalan
  • leskovec rezavoprsýCzech
  • jacamar gyddflasWelsh
  • Blåhalset JacamarDanish
  • BlauhalsglanzvogelGerman
  • Blauhals-GlanzvogelGerman
  • bluvanga jakamaroEsperanto
  • Cejankola galbuloEsperanto
  • Jacamará cariazulSpanish
  • lodu-läiklind (lodu-jakamar)Estonian
  • sininiskajakamariFinnish
  • Jacamar à joues bleuesFrench
  • plavolici jakamarCroatian
  • Jacamar guancebluItalian
  • ホオアカキリハシJapanese
  • mėlyngalvė žakamaraLithuanian
  • PurperhalsglansvogelDutch
  • blånakkejakamarNorwegian
  • złotopiór niebieskoszyiPolish
  • ariramba-da-mataPortuguese
  • Ariramba-de-bochecha-azulPortuguese
  • bico-d'agulha-de-faces-azuisPortuguese
  • Синешейная якамараRussian
  • jagavec modrohlavýSlovak
  • blåhalsad jakamarSwedish
  • Mavi Yanaklı JakamarTurkish
  • якамара синьоголоваUkrainian
  • 蓝颈鹟䴕Chinese
  • 藍頰鶲鴷Chinese

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Relatives of the blue-necked jacamar

Other species in the same genus Galbula.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue-necked jacamar?

An adult blue-necked jacamar weighs 21 g – 23.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blue-necked jacamar endangered?

The blue-necked jacamar is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the blue-necked jacamar?

The blue-necked jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis) belongs to the family Galbulidae in the order Piciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue-necked jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-necked-jacamar

MLA

“Blue-necked jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-necked-jacamar.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_necked_jacamar_2026,
  title = {Blue-necked jacamar (Galbula cyanicollis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-necked-jacamar},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}