Galbula

Galbula
Temporal range: Miocene-Recent
Adult female rufous-tailed jacamar
(Galbula ruficauda melanogenia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Galbulidae
Genus: Galbula
Brisson, 1760
Type species
Alcedo galbula
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

10, see text

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.

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