Galbulidae

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Galbulidae is a family of tropical birds known as jacamars, characterized by their slender bodies, long bills, and iridescent plumage, found primarily in Central and South American forests.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Galbulidae canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
beakAdaptation adapted for catching flying insects ⓘ
billShape long ⓘ
biogeographicRealm Neotropical realm ⓘ
bodyShape slender ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName jacamars ⓘ
conservationStatusGeneral most species not globally threatened ⓘ
diet insectivorous ⓘ
distribution Central America ⓘ
Neotropics ⓘ
South America ⓘ
ecologicalRole aerial insect predator ⓘ
feedingBehavior aerial insect hawking ⓘ
foragingStratum low to mid forest levels ⓘ
habitat forest edges ⓘ
riverine forests ⓘ
subtropical forests ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ
hasCharacteristic brightly colored plumage ⓘ
long tail in many species ⓘ
short legs ⓘ
hasMemberGenus Brachygalba ⓘ
Galbalcyrhynchus ⓘ
Galbula ⓘ
Jacamaralcyon ⓘ
Jacamerops ⓘ
Lacrimose jacamar genus (Galbalcyrhynchus) ⓘ
higherClassification Galbuliformes ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nestingSite burrows in earth banks ⓘ
order Galbuliformes ⓘ
perchingBehavior often perch openly ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumageCharacteristic iridescent ⓘ
plumageSexualDimorphism present in many species ⓘ
primaryPrey beetles ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ
dragonflies ⓘ
wasps ⓘ
recognizedBy BirdLife International ⓘ
International Ornithologists Union ⓘ
relatedTo Bucconidae ⓘ
reproductiveBehavior both sexes incubate eggs ⓘ
taxonomicRank family ⓘ
vernacularNameLanguage English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piciformes → containsFamily → Galbulidae ⓘ
Coraciimorphae → includesTaxon → Galbulidae ⓘ
Bucconidae → relatedTo → Galbulidae ⓘ