THREE-TOED JACAMAR Jacamaralcyon tridactyla VU

Galbula tridactyla Vieillot, 1817

MZUT AV1080; previously mounted; unsexed adult; ‘South America’; donated by Dr Ricord in 1843.

MZUT AV15057; previously mounted; unsexed adult; ‘South America’; no date.

Remarks.—Alexandre Ricord (1798–1876) was a surgeon who devoted his life to natural history. He travelled in tropical America between 1826 and 1834, collecting many zoological specimens. Salvadori (1915) reported that in 1843 Dr Ricord sent an interesting series of birds from various locations, including Brazil, Cuba and Haiti.