Purus Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus

Distinctive dark jacamar with a heavy bill and short tail. Deep chocolate brown, with a pinkish bill and reddish skin around the eye. Sexes similar. Forages in pairs and groups in trees around marshes, including around the edges of oxbow lakes. Its call is a piercing whistled “PEER”; Paradise Jacamar has a similar but weaker call.