Coppery-chested jacamar

Taxonomy and systematics

The coppery-chested jacamar is monotypic.

Description

The coppery-chested jacamar is 23 to long and weighs approximately 31 to. The male's crown is metallic green with a blue gloss. The rest of the upper parts are metallic bronzy green. The throat and breast are shiny green and the belly and vent area are dark rufous. The female is similar except that the chin and throat are dark rufous.

Distribution and habitat

The coppery-chested jacamar is effectively endemic to Ecuador, though there are records from a single site in each of far southern Colombia and far northern Peru. It is found on the east slope of the Andes between approximately 750 to in Ecuador. The Colombia record, at El Carmen, Nariño Department, was at 1600 m and the Peru record, on the upper Comaina River, Amazonas Department, was at 1430 m. The coppery-chested jacamar inhabits humid montane forest. It is a bird of the understory, being found along forest edges, along watercourses, and at tree falls and landslides that provide openings.

Behavior

Feeding

The coppery-chested jacamar is insectivorous but few details of its diet or feeding methods are known.

Breeding

One known nest of the coppery-chested jacamar was a burrow in an earth bank. Little else has been documented about its breeding.

Vocalization

The coppery-chested jacamar's song is "a rising series of wee notes, sometimes ending in a descending rattle" https://www.xeno-canto.org/512433. Its call is "a weet note, singly or in a series" https://www.xeno-canto.org/257945.

Status

The IUCN has assessed the coppery-chested jacamar as least concern. It is uncommon and its population is believed to be decreasing in parallel with forest destruction.

References

References

1. BirdLife International. (2022). "''Galbula pastazae''".
2. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)".
3. Schulenberg, T. S. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Coppery-chested Jacamar (''Galbula pastazae''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cocjac2.01 retrieved May 10, 2021
4. It and the [[Rufous-tailed jacamar. rufous-tailed]] (''Galbula ruficauda''), [[White-chinned jacamar. white-chinned]] (''G. tombacea''), [[Bluish-fronted jacamar