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[[Image:MB-Aracari-by_Boy_George.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Boy_George|Boy George}} <br/>Photographed: Sacha Lodge, [[Ecuador]], 2007 ]] | [[Image:MB-Aracari-by_Boy_George.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Boy_George|Boy George}} <br/>Photographed: Sacha Lodge, [[Ecuador]], 2007 ]] | ||
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Humid lowland forests and sandy soil woodlands. | Humid lowland forests and sandy soil woodlands. | ||
Revision as of 21:21, 1 July 2014
- Pteroglossus pluricinctus
Identification
Large black and yellow striped bill, bare blue skin around eyes. Blackish-green upperside and tail feathers but with reddish uppertail and underside with alternate yellow versus black-and-red pectoral bands.
Distribution
Amazon region of South America
Taxonomy
Habitat
Humid lowland forests and sandy soil woodlands.
Behaviour
Diet includes fruits. They digest the fruit fibre and regurgitate the seeds. Often occurs in small, noisy bands.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
