White-throated Jacamar

White-throated JacamarA jacamar with a white throat and facial markings and a long, pale-yellow bill; it catches flying insects along riverside forest.What does it look like?Males have a white throat, eyebrow, and sides of the face. The upperparts are dark brown to blackish with a blue-green sheen, and the slender pale-yellow bill is about 4–5 cm long. Females look similar, but may have a larger chestnut abdominal patch.How does it live?A jacamar with a white throat and facial markings and a long, pale-yellow bill; it catches flying insects along riverside forest.It perches beside rivers and sallies out to catch flying insects. At Manu National Park in Peru, several adults were observed carrying food to nest holes in a cooperative-provisioning group.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.