Great Jacamar

Copyright: monacoeye • Pipeline Rd, Panama, April 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Great Jacamar
Latin: Jacamerops aureus
Other: Jacamará, jacamará grande (Es) • Jacamaraçu (Br)
Family: Galbulidae • Jacamars
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, NW Ecuador, Amazonia
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This Great Jacamar was somehow difficult to see, despite its vivid colours, as it sat motionless on an overhanging branch. Not a very common bird in Panama, we only saw one, here on the Pipeline Rd.