Bluish-fronted jacamar
Galbula cyanescens Deville, 1849
The bluish-fronted jacamar (Galbula cyanescens) is a species in the family Galbulidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 25 g to 25.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the bluish-fronted jacamar
- Weight
- 25.3 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
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the bluish-fronted jacamar live?
Not recorded
What is the bluish-fronted jacamar?
The bluish-fronted jacamar (Galbula cyanescens) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
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Is the bluish-fronted jacamar endangered?
The bluish-fronted jacamar is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 bluish-fronted jacamar classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyGalbulidae
- genusGalbula
- SpeciesGalbula cyanescens Deville, 1849
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- jacamar de capell blauCatalan
- leskovec modročelýCzech
- jacamar bronlasWelsh
- Blåpandet JacamarDanish
- BlaustirnglanzvogelGerman
- Blaustirn-GlanzvogelGerman
- Cejana galbuloEsperanto
- blufrunta jakamaroEsperanto
- Jacamará coroniazulSpanish
- türkiis-läiklind (türkiis-jakamar)Estonian
- sininaamajakamariFinnish
- Jacamar à couronne bleueFrench
- plavočeli jakamarCroatian
- Jacamar frontebluastraItalian
- アオボウシキリハシJapanese
- mėlynkaktė žakamaraLithuanian
- BlauwkruinglansvogelDutch
- blåpannejakamarNorwegian
- złotopiór modroczelnyPolish
- ariramba-da-capoeiraPortuguese
- bico-d'agulha-de-testa-azuladaPortuguese
- Синелобая якамараRussian
- jagavec modročelýSlovak
- Plavočela jakamaraSerbian
- blåpannad jakamarSwedish
- Mavi Alınlı JakamarTurkish
- якамара синьолобаUkrainian
- 蓝额鹟䴕Chinese
- 藍額鶲鴷Chinese
Relatives of the bluish-fronted jacamar
Other species in the same genus Galbula.
Rufous-tailed jacamar
Galbula ruficauda
Coppery-chested jacamar
Galbula pastazae
Yellow-billed jacamar
Galbula albirostris
Paradise jacamar
Galbula dea
Blue-necked jacamar
Galbula cyanicollis
Purplish jacamar
Galbula chalcothorax
CompareBluish-fronted jacamar vs Rufous-tailed jacamarBluish-fronted jacamar vs Coppery-chested jacamarBluish-fronted jacamar vs Yellow-billed jacamarBluish-fronted jacamar vs Paradise jacamar
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bluish-fronted jacamar?
An adult bluish-fronted jacamar weighs 25.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the bluish-fronted jacamar endangered?
The bluish-fronted 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 bluish-fronted jacamar?
The bluish-fronted jacamar (Galbula cyanescens) belongs to the family Galbulidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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