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Pale-headed jacamar

Brachygalba goeringi P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869

LCLeast Concernbirds

The pale-headed jacamar (Brachygalba goeringi) is a species in the family Galbulidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 17 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the pale-headed jacamar

Weight
17 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
4src 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 pale-headed jacamar live?

Not recorded

What is the pale-headed jacamar?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The pale-headed jacamar (Brachygalba goeringi) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Pale-headed jacamar” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pale-headed_jacamar&oldid=1380706152), 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 pale-headed jacamar endangered?

The pale-headed 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 pale-headed jacamar classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyGalbulidae
  6. genusBrachygalba
  7. SpeciesBrachygalba goeringi P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869
Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • يقمر فاتح الرأسArabic
  • jacamar de cap pàl·lidCatalan
  • leskovec světlehlavýCzech
  • jacamar penllwydWelsh
  • Gråhovedet JacamarDanish
  • Goerings GlanzvogelGerman
  • Fahlnacken-GlanzvogelGerman
  • palkapa jakamaroEsperanto
  • göring-brakigalboEsperanto
  • Jacamará acollaradoSpanish
  • Jacamar cabeciblancoSpanish
  • vöö-läiklind (vööjakamar)Estonian
  • punavyöjakamariFinnish
  • Jacamar à tête pâleFrench
  • svjetloglavi jakamarCroatian
  • fehérfejű jakamárHungarian
  • Jacamar testachiaraItalian
  • シロガシラキリハシJapanese
  • blyškiagalvė brachigalbaLithuanian
  • GrijskopglansvogelDutch
  • blekhodejakamarNorwegian
  • złotopiór przepasanyPolish
  • bico-d'agulha-pálidoPortuguese
  • agulha-de-cabeça-brancaPortuguese
  • Светлоголовая якамараRussian
  • Бледноголовая брахигальбаRussian
  • jagavec bledohlavýSlovak
  • ljushuvad jakamarSwedish
  • Kestane Kuşaklı JakamarTurkish
  • якамара смугастогрудаUkrainian
  • 淡頭鶲鴷Chinese
  • 苍头鹟䴕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the pale-headed jacamar

Other species in the same genus Brachygalba.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pale-headed jacamar?

An adult pale-headed jacamar weighs 17 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the pale-headed jacamar endangered?

The pale-headed 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 pale-headed jacamar?

The pale-headed jacamar (Brachygalba goeringi) belongs to the family Galbulidae in the order Piciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pale-headed jacamar (Brachygalba goeringi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-headed-jacamar

MLA

“Pale-headed jacamar (Brachygalba goeringi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-headed-jacamar.

BibTeX
@misc{pale_headed_jacamar_2026,
  title = {Pale-headed jacamar (Brachygalba goeringi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-headed-jacamar},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}