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Three-toed jacamar

Jacamaralcyon tridactyla (Vieillot, 1817)

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The three-toed jacamar (Jacamaralcyon tridactyla) is a species in the family Galbulidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 18.1 g to 18.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Three-toed jacamar (Jacamaralcyon tridactyla)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the three-toed jacamar

Weight
18.1 g – 18.6 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
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the three-toed jacamar live?

Not recorded

What is the three-toed jacamar?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The three-toed jacamar (Jacamaralcyon tridactyla) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is monotypic within the genus Jacamaralcyon.

It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.

From the Wikipedia article “Three-toed jacamar” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Three-toed_jacamar&oldid=1379927238), 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 three-toed jacamar endangered?

The three-toed jacamar is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species.

How is the three-toed jacamar classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyGalbulidae
  6. genusJacamaralcyon
  7. SpeciesJacamaralcyon tridactyla (Vieillot, 1817)

Synonyms Galbula armata, Galbula tridactyla, Jacamaralcyon brasiliensis

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • يقمر ثلاثية الأصابعArabic
  • jacamar tridàctilCatalan
  • leskovec tříprstýCzech
  • jacamar tribysWelsh
  • Tretået JacamarDanish
  • DreizehenglanzvogelGerman
  • Dreizehen-GlanzvogelGerman
  • trifingra jakamaroEsperanto
  • trifingra jakamaralcionoEsperanto
  • Jacamará tridáctiloSpanish
  • kolmvarvas-läiklind (kolmvarvas-jakamar)Estonian
  • kolmivarvasjakamariFinnish
  • Jacamar tridactyleFrench
  • troprsti jakamarCroatian
  • háromujjú jakamárHungarian
  • Jacamar tridattiloItalian
  • ミツユビキリハシJapanese
  • tripirštė žakamaraLithuanian
  • DrieteenglansvogelDutch
  • tretåjakamarNorwegian
  • złotopiór trójpalczastyPolish
  • cuitelãoPortuguese
  • bico-d'agulha-tridáctiloPortuguese
  • Трёхпалая якамараRussian
  • jagavec trojprstýSlovak
  • Troprsta jakamaraSerbian
  • tretåig jakamarSwedish
  • Üç Parmaklı JakamarTurkish
  • якамара трипалаUkrainian
  • 三趾鶲鴷Chinese
  • 三趾鹟䴕Chinese

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Relatives of the three-toed jacamar

Other species in the same family Galbulidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the three-toed jacamar?

An adult three-toed jacamar weighs 18.1 g – 18.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the three-toed jacamar endangered?

The three-toed jacamar is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the three-toed jacamar?

The three-toed jacamar (Jacamaralcyon tridactyla) belongs to the family Galbulidae in the order Piciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Three-toed jacamar (Jacamaralcyon tridactyla). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-toed-jacamar

MLA

“Three-toed jacamar (Jacamaralcyon tridactyla).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-toed-jacamar.

BibTeX
@misc{three_toed_jacamar_2026,
  title = {Three-toed jacamar (Jacamaralcyon tridactyla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/three-toed-jacamar},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}