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The brown jacamar is 14 to 18 cm (5.5 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 16 to 23 g (0.56 to 0.81 oz). The upper parts of the nominate are brown and the lower back dark brown with a greenish black gloss. The wings are blackish with a blue sheen. The chin and throat are off-white, the breast and flanks reddish brown, and the lower breast and belly off-white or buff. The other subspecies differ in the tone and intensity of the back and breast colors. Voice: The brown jacamar's song is a "descending 'tick tick tick ti ti ti ti tit t t t' or 'plee, plee, plee-plee-plee'ple'pe'pe'e'e'e" ending in a stutter . Its calls are a sharp "hilew" or lower "chewee" .
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When to see the Brown Jacamar
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Brown Jacamar
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Brown Jacamar
The brown jacamar is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Pale-headed JacamarBrachygalba goeringiThe pale-headed jacamar is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 16 to 18 g (0.56 to 0.63 oz).
White-throated JacamarBrachygalba albogularisThe white-throated jacamar is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long.
Dusky-backed JacamarBrachygalba salmoniThe dusky-backed jacamar is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long.
Side by side: Brown Jacamar vs Great Jacamar
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