- Pteroglossus azara
Identification
36–45 cm (14¼-17¾ in)
- Black cap (male)
- Brown cap (female)
- Bill mostly yellow or cream, longer in the male
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- P. a. flavirostris:
- P. a. azara:
- West Brazil in Amazonas (between Rio Negro and Rio Solimões)
- P. a. mariae:
- East Peru and western Brazil south of Amazon to north-central Bolivia
The subspecies mariae is sometimes considered a full species, Brown-mandibled Aracari.
Habitat
Found in the canopy of tropical rainforest; observed at heights around 610 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of a wide variety of fruits, they have also been observed flycatching.
Breeding
Their clutch consists of 3-4 pure ellipitcal white eggs. Incubation lasts 16 days, and young fledge the nest at 40-42 days.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)
- nfss.org
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ivory-billed Aracari. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ivory-billed_Aracari