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Definition of Galbulidae
1. Noun. Jacamars.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Order Piciformes, Piciformes
Member holonyms: Jacamar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galbulidae
Literary usage of Galbulidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"It is an interesting fact, although we have as yet but little knowledge of the
habits of the jacamars (Galbulidae), that at least some of the South American ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... according to Dr. Gadow, the Families Galbulidae, or Jacamars and Puff-birds,
Capitonidae, ... Galbulidae.1—This may be divided into the Subfamilies, ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"It covers the families, Trogonidae, Cuculidae, Capitonidae, Ramphastidae,
Galbulidae, Buc- 1 Descriptions of Proposed New Birds from Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, ..."