- Selenidera spectabilis
Identification
36–38 cm (14-15 in)
Black underside except for yellow on flanks, chestnut thighs, and red undertail coverts. Upperside olive-green with slaty grey tail.
Male has mostly black head with yellow on auriculars and bare skin around eyes green with yellow and blue
Female lacks the yellow on auriculars and have a chestnut crown and rear neck.
Bill dark; upper mandible has a pale area above a diagonal from the lower tip to the upper base.
Distribution
Photo by Birdingcraft
Quebrada Gonzalez, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, January 2009
Central and South America:
Central America: found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia and northern Ecuador
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests, forest edges and montanes. Also secondary forests.
Behaviour
They often stay in dense vegetation.
Diet
These birds like the fruit of certain palm species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2015)
- Birdforum member personal observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-eared Toucanet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-eared_Toucanet
External Links
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