- Selenidera maculirostris
Identification
33–37 cm (13-14½ in)
Male
- Black head and breast
- Greenish bare skin round the eye
- Yellow eat tufts
- Yellow hind collar
- Green upperparts
- Yellow flank
- Red vent
- Ivory bill with yellow tip and black vertical stripes
Female: similar to male
- Purplish-chestnut head and breast
Distribution
South America: found in Atlantic forests of south-eastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Moist primary forest, gallery forest and palm groves.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists mainly of fruits of the palms and of Cecropia but also insects and small vertebrates.
Breeding
The male feeds the female during courtship. The pair are territorial.
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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spot-billed Toucanet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spot-billed_Toucanet
