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White-chinned Jacamar
Galbula tombacea
(L 9.75")
Sacha Lodge
17Mar2017
North of the Amazon River in
Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and
Brazil...note the long, pointed bill.
Galbula
means
oriole
... from the
Tupi language of South America;
tambacea
is French in reference to a
yellowish-brown copper alloy.
©
Ted Parker
Macaulay
Library
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