Jacamars are slender, glittery-plumaged forest birds from the Neotropics.   They are usually fairly small, like the bluish-fronted jacamar shown here, but can be fairly hefty, as is the great jacamar.   These birds (male and female) were photographed near a small pond near Pantiacolla Lodge in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Canon 7D or 1D4, 500 mm f4 IS or 800 mm IS lens plus 1.4X converter, electronic flash (2012, 2014)