[order] PICIFORMES | [family] Galbulidae | [latin] Galbula pastazae | [UK] Coppery-chested Jacamar | [FR] Jacamar des Andes | [DE] Kupfer-Glanzvogel | [ES] Jacamar Pechicobrizo (Ecu) | [NL] Koperborstglansvogel
Subspecies
Monotypic species
Physical charateristics
Metallic green, slender and long-tailed bird. Long black bill. Prominent yellowish-orange eye-ring. Metallic green upperparts, throat and breast, with bluish sheen to crown. White chin spot. Coppery-rufous belly and underside of tail. Female has dark rufous throat, bronzy-green upper chest. Dark rufous lower underparts. Eye-ring less prominent.
Listen to the sound of Coppery-chested Jacamar
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| wingspan min.: | 0 | cm | wingspan max.: | 0 | cm |
| size min.: | 23 | cm | size max.: | 24 | cm |
| incubation min.: | 20 | days | incubation max.: | 23 | days |
| fledging min.: | 21 | days | fledging max.: | 26 | days |
| broods: | 1 | eggs min.: | 3 | ||
| eggs max.: | 4 |
Range
South America : South Colombia to East Ecuador. Galbula pastazae occurs in the foothills and subtropical zone of the Andean east slope in Ecuador (Napo, Tungurahua, Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe, Loja), two adjacent east-slope valleys in Colombia (Putumayo and Narino), and the Cordillera del Condor in Peru.
Habitat
Its main habitat is humid lower montane forest, where it seems to prefer forest edge and second growth near primary forest at 600-1,700 m altitude, generally between 900 and 1,300 m.
Reproduction
Nests with young have been found in December, in holes in earthbanks. Lays one to four white eggs in ground-hole nest cavity. Incubation is 20?23 days. Chicks emerge from nest after 21?26 days, covered in white down. Both sexes incubate, and care for chicks.
Feeding habits
Diverse variety of flying insects. Prefers to hunt from one favorite perch, capturing insects as they fly through the air.
Conservation
This species is uncommon, and its localised subpopulations are each suspected to be very small, and to form a small total population which is sustaining continuing declines at a rate similar to the alarming pace of forest destruction. It is therefore considered Vulnerable, but data are lacking and its population could be larger than is currently estimated.
Migration
Presumed sedentary
Distribution map
