Gould's Toucanet - BirdForum Opus

Female on the left
Photo by Ciro Albano
Guaramiranga, Brazil

Selenidera gouldii

Identification

33 cm

Distribution

South America: found from Central and eastern Brazil, south of the Amazon, to eastern Bolivia and Mato Grosso

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Humid Forest

Behaviour

Diet

There is little information available, but they are thought to eat fruit and possibly small birds too.

Breeding

The male offers food to the female as part of the 'pair-bonding' process.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gould's Toucanet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gould%27s_Toucanet

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