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Green-tailed jacamar

Galbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1766)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula) is a species in the family Galbulidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 21.5 g to 23 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula)
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the green-tailed jacamar

Weight
21.5 g – 23 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
3src 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

Where does the green-tailed jacamar live?

Not recorded

What is the green-tailed jacamar?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Green-tailed jacamar” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green-tailed_jacamar&oldid=1351526784), 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 green-tailed jacamar endangered?

The green-tailed 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.

How is the green-tailed jacamar classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyGalbulidae
  6. genusGalbula
  7. SpeciesGalbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Alcedo galbula, Galbula alcedo, Galbula viridicauda, Trochilus maximus

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • jacamar cuaverdCatalan
  • leskovec zelenýCzech
  • jacamar cynffonwyrddWelsh
  • Grønhalet JacamarDanish
  • GrünschwanzglanzvogelGerman
  • Grünschwanz-GlanzvogelGerman
  • galbuloEsperanto
  • verdavosta jakamaroEsperanto
  • verdvosta galbuloEsperanto
  • Jacamará coliverdeSpanish
  • guajaana läiklind (guajaana jakamar)Estonian
  • viherpyrstöjakamariFinnish
  • Jacamar vertFrench
  • zelenorepi jakamarCroatian
  • Jacamar codaverdeItalian
  • ミドリオキリハシJapanese
  • žalioji žakamaraLithuanian
  • GroenstaartglansvogelDutch
  • grønnhalejakamarNorwegian
  • złotopiór zielonyPolish
  • ariramba-de-cauda-verdePortuguese
  • bico-d'agulha-de-cauda-verdePortuguese
  • Зелёная якамараRussian
  • jagavec zelenýSlovak
  • Zelenorepa jakamaraSerbian
  • grönstjärtad jakamarSwedish
  • Yeşil Kuyruklu JakamarTurkish
  • якамара зеленаUkrainian
  • 綠尾鶲鴷Chinese
  • 绿尾鹟䴕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the green-tailed 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 green-tailed jacamar?

An adult green-tailed jacamar weighs 21.5 g – 23 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the green-tailed jacamar endangered?

The green-tailed 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 green-tailed jacamar?

The green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula) belongs to the family Galbulidae in the order Piciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-tailed-jacamar

MLA

“Green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-tailed-jacamar.

BibTeX
@misc{green_tailed_jacamar_2026,
  title = {Green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-tailed-jacamar},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}