dusky-backed jacamar
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2021}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Dusky-backed jacamar
| image = A monograph of the jacamars and puff-birds, or families Galbulid and Bucconid (1882) (14564669748).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Brachygalba
| species = salmoni
| authority = Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1879
| synonyms =
| range_map = Brachygalba salmoni map.svg
}}
The dusky-backed jacamar (Brachygalba salmoni) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Colombia and Panama.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/ |title=IOC World Bird List (v 11.1) |last1=Gill |first1= F. |last2=Donsker|first2=D.|last3=Rasmussen |first3=P. |date=January 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 }}
Taxonomy and systematics
The dusky-backed jacamar is monotypic. It and the pale-headed (B. goeringi), brown (B. lugubris), and white-throated jacamars (B. albogularis) form a superspecies.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 19 January 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved January 19, 2021
Description
The dusky-backed jacamar is {{convert|16.5|to|18|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. Males weigh {{convert|18.5|g|oz|abbr=on}} and females {{convert|16|g|oz|abbr=on}}. The male's upper parts, chest, and flanks are dark greenish black that appears bluish when worn. Its cheeks are sooty, the throat white or whitish, and the belly and breast cinnamon. The female is similar but its throat is buff.Tobias, J., T. Züchner, and T.A. de Melo Júnior (2020). Dusky-backed Jacamar (Brachygalba salmoni), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.dubjac1.01 retrieved May 9, 2021
Distribution and habitat
The dusky-backed jacamar is found in Panama's Darién Province and the adjoining and nearby northern Chocó, northern Antioquia, and southern Córdoba Departments of Colombia. There is also an isolated population in northern Bolívar Department, Colombia, that at one time was thought to be a subspecies. It inhabits humid primary and secondary forest. It is found in edges, such as by clearings and along streams, rather than the forest interior. In elevation it ranges up to {{convert|700|m|ft|abbr=on}}.
Behavior
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Though the dusky-backed jacamar is assumed to nest in burrows in earth banks, there is no documentation of its breeding phenology. Birds in breeding condition were noted during January and February in Colombia.
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