Galbula
Sign in to saveGalbula is the type and largest genus of the jacamar family (Galbulidae) of piciform birds, and its suborder Galbulae. Sometimes, the Piciformes are split in two, with the Galbulae upranked to full order Galbuliformes.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPiciformes
- FamilyGalbulidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Galbulidae
- Collections
- CUMV, MZFC-FC-UNAM, UAM, CLO, UNICAMP, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Galbula
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Galbula
- taxon name
- Galbula
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- start time
- 13000000-0
- taxon range
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
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Galbula is the type and largest genus of the jacamar family (Galbulidae) of piciform birds, and its suborder Galbulae. Sometimes, the Piciformes are split in two, with the Galbulae upranked to full order Galbuliformes.
==Taxonomy== The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the green-tailed jacamar (Galbula galbula) as the type species. The name galbula is the Latin word for a small yellow bird.
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