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Revision as of 23:16, 26 June 2014
- Selenidera spectabilis
Identification
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
Female. Photo by Birdingcraft
Location: Quebrada Gonzalez, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, January 2009
Location: Quebrada Gonzalez, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, January 2009
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and northern Ecuador.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and montanes.
Behaviour
These birds like the fruit of certain palm species.
They often stay in dense vegetation.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- Birdforum member personal observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-eared Toucanet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-eared_Toucanet
