Purus jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus Goeldi, 1904
The purus jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus) is a species in the family Galbulidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 48.5 g to 50 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the purus jacamar
- Weight
- 48.5 g – 50 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 purus jacamar live?
Not recorded
What is the purus jacamar?
The Purus jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
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Is the purus jacamar endangered?
The purus 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.
How is the purus jacamar classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyGalbulidae
- genusGalbalcyrhynchus
- SpeciesGalbalcyrhynchus purusianus Goeldi, 1904
Synonyms Galbacyrhybchus purusianus, Galbacyrhynchus leucotis innotatus, Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis purusianus, Galbalcyrynchus purusianus
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- Chestnut jacamarEnglish
- Chestnut jacamarEnglish
- Purús jacamarEnglish
- يقمر بوروسيArabic
- jacamar del riu PurusCatalan
- leskovec puruskýCzech
- leskovec kaštanovýCzech
- jacamar PurusWelsh
- KastanjejacamarDanish
- PurusglanzvogelGerman
- FuchsglanzvogelGerman
- Purus-GlanzvogelGerman
- PurúsglanzvogelGerman
- kaŝtana jakamaroEsperanto
- purusa galbalcirinkoEsperanto
- Jacamará del PurúsSpanish
- ruske-läiklind (ruskejakamar)Estonian
- paksunokkajakamariFinnish
- Jacamar rouxFrench
- kestenjasti jakamarCroatian
- Jacamar castanoItalian
- クリイロキリハシJapanese
- tikroji kaštoninė žakamaraLithuanian
- PurusglansvogelDutch
- kastanjejakamarNorwegian
- złotopiór kasztanowatyPolish
- Sovela-vermelhaPortuguese
- ariramba-castanhaPortuguese
- bico-d'agulha-do-purusPortuguese
- Каштановая якамараRussian
- jagavec gaštanovýSlovak
- Purus JakamarıTurkish
- якамара-куцохвіст каштановаUkrainian
- 栗鶲鴷Chinese
- 栗鹟䴕Chinese
Relatives of the purus jacamar
Other species in the same genus Galbalcyrhynchus.
White-eared jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the purus jacamar?
An adult purus jacamar weighs 48.5 g – 50 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the purus jacamar endangered?
The purus 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 purus jacamar?
The purus jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus) 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
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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