Jacamars

Great Jacamar

Jacamerops aureus

The Great Jacamar (Jacamerops aureus) is a 63 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Jacamars

Order

Piciformes

Weight

63 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Brazil, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Costa Rica, Venezuela, GF, Nicaragua, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Atta Lodge / Iwokrama Canopy Walkway (Guyana); Fredberg · Zintete Lodge (Suriname); Pipeline Road · Parque Nacional Soberanía (Panama); Iwokrama River Lodge (Guyana); Pipeline Road (Camino del Oleoducto) (Área general) (Panama).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist