Great Jacamar bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
Old latin name for birdJacamerops grandis, Jacamerops aurea, Alcedo aurea, Alcedo grandis, Jacamerops aereus
OrderWoodpeckers, toucans and relatives / Piciformes
FamilyJacamars / Galbulidae
GenusJacamerops
Breeding regionMiddle America, South America
Breeding subregionCosta Rica to nw Ecuador and Amazonia

Great Jacamar bird sounds *

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    Song, © Patricio Mena Valenzuela
    Ecuador
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    Song, © Patricio Mena Valenzuela
    Ecuador
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    Song, © Patricio Mena Valenzuela
    Ecuador
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    Calls, song, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
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    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Suriname
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    Call, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
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    Song, © Robert S. Ridgely
    Ecuador
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    Song, © Robert S. Ridgely
    Ecuador
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    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Suriname
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    Calls, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Where to see Great Jacamar

Great Jacamar subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Jacamerops aureus aureuse Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas-No
Jacamerops aureus isidorie Ecuador, e Peru, w Brazil and n Bolivia-No
Jacamerops aureus penardiCosta Rica to w Colombia and nw Ecuador-No
Jacamerops aureus ridgwayine, c Brazil-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Azerbaijaniböyük yakamar
Catalanjacamar gros
Chinese大鹟䴕, 大鹟鴷
Chinese (Traditional)大鶲鴷
Croatianveliki jakamar
Czechleskovec velký
DanishKæmpejacamar
DutchGrote Glansvogel
EsperantoGranda jakamarao
Estoniansuur-läiklind (suurjakamar)
Finnishkuningasjakamari
FrenchGrand Jacamar
GermanRiesenglanzvogel, Breitmaul-Glanzvogel
Hungarianaranyjakamár
ItalianJacamar maggiore
Japaneseオオキリハシ
Lithuaniandidžioji žakamara
NorwegianStorjakamar, storjakamar
Norwegian NynorskStorjakamar
Polishzłotopiór wielki, Żakamar wielki, zlotopiór wielki
Portuguesebico-d'agulha-grande, ariramba-uirapiana, uirá-piana, ariramba-grande-da-mata-virgem, jacamaraçu
RussianБольшая якамара
SerbianVelika jakamara
Slovakjagavec širokozobý
SpanishBarranquero Grande, Jacamar Grande, Jacamará grande, Gran Jacamar, Jacamar Mayor
Swedishjättejakamar
TurkishBüyük Jakamar
Ukrainianякамара велика