Three-toed Jacamar
A species of Three-toed Jacamar Scientific name : Jacamaralcyon tridactyla Genus : Three-toed Jacamar
Three-toed Jacamar, A species of Three-toed Jacamar
Botanical name: Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
Genus: Three-toed Jacamar
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Description
Like all members of its family, the three-toed jacamar is short-legged and short-winged. It perches upright, with its tail down and its long, sharply-pointed beak uptilted. It is a medium-sized bird, measuring 18 cm (7.1 in) in length and weighing between 17.4 and 19.3 g (0.61 and 0.68 oz); females average heavier than males. The sexes are similarly plumaged: slaty black with a bronzy-green gloss above, and somewhat paler below. The belly and the center of the breast are white. The adult has a brownish-gray cap and a black throat, and the cap, chin and the sides of the head are finely marked with pale fulvous streaks. Its bill is black, and its feet are slaty gray. Unlike other members of its family, the three-toed jacamar has three, rather than four, toes. Its small zygodactyl feet are missing a hind toe, and the front two toes are fused together at the base. 
Size
20 cm
Nest Placement
Cavity
Feeding Habits
Three-toed Jacamar primarily feeds on insects like moths, butterflies, and hymenopterans from forest perches, occasionally consuming other insects after stunning and wing removal.
Habitat
Three-toed Jacamar is typically found in drier parts of the Atlantic Forest, specifically within semi-deciduous or gallery forests that may be degraded with shrubs and dispersed tall trees, frequently along watercourses or earthen banks shaped by road cuttings, at elevations ranging from 240 to 1100 meters. The bird favors environments entwined with vines or those highly disturbed, sometimes even near urban areas. It requires native understory presence for survival and is known to avoid both eucalyptus woodlands devoid of natural understory and intact evergreen forests.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
Although it is a colonial nester, the three-toed jacamar is generally found singly or in pairs. It sometimes joins mixed species flocks.
Species Status
The three-toed jacamar is a species in trouble; habitat loss and habitat degradation have contributed significantly to its steep decline, and it is now rated as Near Threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Its total population is estimated at 350–1500 individuals, which survive in small, widely scattered pockets of appropriate habitat across southeastern Brazil.
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