[3] The Purus jacamar is found in the upper Amazon Basin of eastern Peru, western Brazil, and northern Bolivia.

[3] The Purus jacamar preys on insects, with Hymenoptera (bees and wasps) and Isoptera (termites) favored.

It perches at mid- to upper canopy height singly or in small groups and sallies out to capture its prey.

[3] The Purus jacamar has been documented excavating cavities in termite nests high in trees in Brazil and Peru.

[1] It ranges from scarce in Peru to locally common in Brazil and "[a]pparently tolerates disturbed and partially man-modified habitats, and no specific threats are known.