White-eared jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis Des Murs, 1845
The white-eared jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis) is a species in the family Galbulidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 46.9 g to 47 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the white-eared jacamar
- Weight
- 46.9 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 white-eared jacamar live?
Not recorded
What is the white-eared jacamar?
The white-eared jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
From the Wikipedia article “White-eared jacamar” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-eared_jacamar&oldid=1379680666), 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.
What does the white-eared jacamar sound like?
Is the white-eared jacamar endangered?
The white-eared 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 white-eared jacamar classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyGalbulidae
- genusGalbalcyrhynchus
- SpeciesGalbalcyrhynchus leucotis Des Murs, 1845
Synonyms Galbacyrhybchus leucotis, Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis leucotis
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- يقمر أبيض الأذنينArabic
- jacamar d'orelles blanquesCatalan
- leskovec bělouchýCzech
- leskovec krátkoocasýCzech
- jacamar clustwynWelsh
- Hvidøret JacamarDanish
- KastanienglanzvogelGerman
- Kurzschwanz-GlanzvogelGerman
- KurzschwanzglanzvogelGerman
- blankorela jakamaroEsperanto
- blankorela galbalcirinkoEsperanto
- jacamará orejiblancaSpanish
- Jacamará orejiblancoSpanish
- valgekõrv-läiklindEstonian
- lyhytpyrstöjakamariFinnish
- Jacamar oreillardFrench
- bjelouhi jakamarCroatian
- fehérfülű jakamárHungarian
- Jacamar guancebiancheItalian
- ミミジロキリハシJapanese
- baltaausė kaštoninė žakamaraLithuanian
- KortstaartglansvogelDutch
- hvitørejakamarNorwegian
- złotopiór białouchyPolish
- ariramba-vermelhaPortuguese
- bico-d'agulha-d'orelhas-brancasPortuguese
- Sovela-de-bocheclia-brancaPortuguese
- Белоухая якамараRussian
- Короткохвостая якамараRussian
- jagavec bielosluchýSlovak
- Belouha jakamaraSerbian
- vitörad jakamarSwedish
- Ak Kulaklı JakamarTurkish
- якамара-куцохвіст колумбійськаUkrainian
- 白耳鶲鴷Chinese
- 白耳鹟䴕Chinese
Relatives of the white-eared jacamar
Other species in the same genus Galbalcyrhynchus.
Purus jacamar
Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-eared jacamar?
An adult white-eared jacamar weighs 46.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-eared jacamar endangered?
The white-eared 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 white-eared jacamar?
The white-eared jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
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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