Jacamar
The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of near passerine birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico. The family contains five genera and 18 species. The family is closely related to the puffbirds, another Neotropical family, and the two families are often separated into their own order, Galbuliformes, separate from the Piciformes. They are principally birds of low-altitude woodlands and forests, and particularly of forest edge and canopy.
Taxonomy
The placement of the combined puffbird and jacamar lineage was in question, with some bone and muscle features suggesting they may be more closely related to the Coraciiformes. However, analysis of nuclear DNA in a 2003 study placed them as sister group to the rest of the Piciformes, also showing that the groups had developed zygodactyl feet before separating. Per Ericson and colleagues, in analysing genomic DNA, confirmed that puffbirds and jacamars were sister groups and their place in Piciformes.
Description
The jacamars are small to medium-sized perching birds, 14–34 cm (5.5–13.4 in) in length and weighing 17–75 g (0.60–2.65 oz). They are elegant, glossy birds with long bills and tails. In appearance and behaviour they resemble the Old World bee-eaters, as most aerial insectivores tend to have short, wide bills rather than long, thin ones. The legs are short and weak, and the feet are zygodactylic (two forward-pointing toes, two backward-pointing). Their plumage is often bright and highly iridescent, although it is quite dull in a few species. There are minor differences in plumage based on sex, males often having a white patch on the breast.
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This Time Baby
by: Jackie MooreThis time, this time, baby
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Give me one more chance to prove my love
Baby, oh, you’re so fine
I promise to be true only to you
Oh, this time, baby
We won’t be in and out of love
In and out, baby
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In and out, baby
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We won’t be in and out of love
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Well
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Not this time, baby
Me for you and you for me
That’s the way it’s gonna be
This time, baby
Well, this time, baby
We won’t be in and out of love
In and out, baby
This time, baby
We won’t be in and out of love
In and out, baby
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We won’t be in and out of love
In and out, baby
Oh, this time, baby
We won’t be in and out of love
In and out, baby
This time, baby
We won’t be in and out of love
In and out, baby
Oh, this time, baby
We won’t be in and out of love