Listen to the great jacamar
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About the great jacamar
The great jacamar is a bird in the family Galbulidae (order Piciformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 63 g.
What does the great jacamar sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The great jacamar (Jacamerops aureus) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Jacamerops. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests.
More from the family Galbulidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a great jacamar sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the great jacamar on this page, including its song and call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the great jacamar endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the great jacamar as “least concern”.
What family does the great jacamar belong to?
The great jacamar (Jacamerops aureus) belongs to the family Galbulidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources & credits
- Song, call · Esmeraldas: Canandé ridge trail, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Napo: 'Gareno (Guaponi) Lodge', Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song, call · Esmeraldas: Canandé ridge trail, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1264910 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Great jacamar – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francesco Veronesi from Italy – CC BY-SA 2.0