Birds of Ecuador

    PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae (Toucans)  
Genus: Pteroglossus (6 species, 14 worldwide)


Ivory-billed Aracari
Ivory-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus azara)
Zoo, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Comes in two forms, one with a mostly yellow bill, and one with an ivory-colored bill with brown on the upper mandible (HBW). Found north of the Amazon river. The more southern Brown-mandibled Aracari has now been split out.

Chestnut-eared Aracari
Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis castanotis)
Las Unamas Natural Reserve, San Martin, Meta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Pale-mandibled Aracari
Pale-mandibled Aracari (Pteroglossus erythropygius) ENDEMIC
Los Bancos, Ecuador
  Similar to the widespread Collared Aracari, but note bill differences.
   
Photograph by Sue Bishop   Copyrighted, all rights reserved.


Lettered Aracari
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus humboldti) Male
Villavicencio, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

This species has two forms, sometimes considered different species. Humboldt's Aracari, found in the Andean foothills from Colombia to Bolivia as well as the western Amazon basin, has an all black lower mandible.

Many-banded Aracari
Many-banded Aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus)
Sani Lodge, SucumbĂ­os, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-billed Aracari
Stripe-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus sanguineus)
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Collared Aracari. Note dark upper mandible.
From side showing coloration similar to [Collared Aracari].


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