- Pteroglossus castanotis
Identification
46cm
- Dark green back
- Yellow below
- Red band across belly
- Black head
- Chestnut ear patches
- Dark brown-black bill
- Yellow streak to tip of upper mandible
- White iris
- Blue eye skin
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 2 subspecies:
- P. c. castanotis:
- P. c. australis:
Habitat
Moist lowland rainforest to 900 m, swamp forests, lake and river edges.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in tree holes and in abandoned arboreal termitaria.
Diet
The diet includes fruit and insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/cheara1
- Short, L.L. (2019). Chestnut-eared Araçari (Pteroglossus castanotis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/56092 on 23 July 2019).
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-eared Aracari. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-eared_Aracari
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