Jacamar

The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America, extending up to Mexico. They are glossy elegant birds with long bills and tails, which feed on insects caught in the air. In appearance and behaviour they show resemblances to the Old World bee-eaters, although they are more closely related to woodpeckers

Like most of their relatives, jacamars are hole nesters, laying 2-4 white eggs in a hole in the ground. This group is related to other Piciformes as below, although it should be noted that the jacamars and the puffbirds are sometimes given an order of their own, Galbuliformes:

Order Piciformes

• Family Picidae, (woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks)
• Family Capitonidae, (barbets)
• Family Ramphastidae, (toucans)
• Family Indicatoridae, (honeyguides)
• Galbulidae
  • White-eared Jacamar , Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
  • Chestnut Jacamar , Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus
  • Dusky-backed Jacamar , Brachygalba salmoni
  • Pale-headed Jacamar , Brachygalba goeringi
  • Brown Jacamar , Brachygalba lugubris
  • White-throated Jacamar , Brachygalba albogularis
  • Three-toed Jacamar , Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
  • Yellow-billed Jacamar , Galbula albirostris
  • Blue-cheeked Jacamar , Galbula cyanicollis
  • Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda
  • Green-tailed Jacamar , Galbula galbula
  • Coppery-chested Jacamar , Galbula pastazae
  • Bluish-fronted Jacamar , Galbula cyanescens
  • White-chinned Jacamar , Galbula tombacea
  • Purplish Jacamar , Galbula chalcothorax
  • Bronzy Jacamar , Galbula leucogastra
  • Paradise Jacamar , Galbula dea
  • Great Jacamar , Jacamerops aureus
• Family Bucconidae, (puffbirds etc)