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What (who) is jacamar - definition

FAMILY OF BIRDS
Gabulidae; Galbulidae; Jacamars

Jacamar         
·noun Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant.
jacamar         
['d?ak?m?:]
¦ noun an insectivorous bird of tropical American forests, with a long pointed bill, a long tail, and iridescent plumage. [Family Galbulidae: several species.]
Origin
C19: from Fr., appar. from Tupi.
Jacamar         
The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of near passerine birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico. The family contains five genera and 18 species.

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Jacamar

The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of near passerine birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico. The family contains five genera and 18 species. The family is closely related to the puffbirds, another Neotropical family, and the two families are often separated into their own order, Galbuliformes, separate from the Piciformes. They are principally birds of low-altitude woodlands and forests, and particularly of forest edge and canopy.