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;[[:Category:Selenidera|Selenidera]] spectabilis | ;[[:Category:Selenidera|Selenidera]] spectabilis | ||
| − | [[Image:Yellow-eared_Toucanet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by stephennj<br>Location: [[Costa Rica]]]] | + | [[Image:Yellow-eared_Toucanet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male. Photo by {{user|stephennj|stephennj}}<br />Location: [[Costa Rica]], January 2008]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Black underside except for yellow on flanks and red undertail coverts. Upperside olive-green with slaty grey tail. Male has mostly black head with yellow on [[Topography#Heads|auriculars]] and bare skin around eyes green with yellow and blue; female lacks the yellow on auriculars. Bill dark; upper mandible has a pale area above a diagonal from the lower tip to the upper base. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]], and northern [[Ecuador]]. |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#S|monotypic]] species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Moist lowland forests and montanes. | Moist lowland forests and montanes. | ||
| + | [[Image:Yellow-eared_Toucanet_female_by_Birdingcraft.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Female. Photo by {{user|Birdingcraft|Birdingcraft}}<br />Location: Quebrada Gonzalez, Braulio Carrillo National Park, [[Costa Rica]], January 2009]] | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | These birds like the fruit of certain palm species. | ||
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| + | 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 | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Selenidera+spectabilis}} | {{GSearch|Selenidera+spectabilis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Selenidera]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Selenidera]] | ||
Revision as of 02:32, 29 January 2010
- Selenidera spectabilis
Identification
Black underside except for yellow on flanks 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. Bill dark; upper mandible has a pale area above a diagonal from the lower tip to the upper base.
Distribution
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and northern Ecuador.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and montanes.
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
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 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-eared_Toucanet
