Yellow browed toucan. Plumage is mostly green with a red rump and tail tip a white throat anda blue breast band. They live only in a tiny patch of rainforest in peru. However there are plans to prolong and even ensure the survival of this species for further decades to come.
Photos of the different toucan species for identification. However the yellow browed toucanet is a species of toucan that is classified as endangered. The yellow browed toucanet is a rare species of toucans from northen peru.
The yellow browed toucanets aulacorhynchus huallagae are rare and endangered south american toucans. The yellow throated toucan was at one time considered to be closely related to the choco toucan but it is only distantly related per genetics. The iucn lists this species as endangered.
The articles or images on this page are the sole property of the authors or photographers. Distinguished from blue banded toucanet by the yellow. Small green toucan found only in remote regions along the east slope of the andes in northern peru.
Endangeredthe yellow browed toucanetnear threatenedtoucan barbetplate billed mountain toucangrey breasted mountain toucanleast concernall other speciesdetailstoucan are the family of birds. Of all sub species of toucan the yellow browed toucanet is the only one that is classified as endangered. The yellow browed toucanet is classified as an endangered species.
This species is extremely range restricted and is known from only three small and relatively inaccessible locations in peru. They are brightly marked and have large often colorful bills. There are about 40 different species of toucans.
The yellow browed toucanet aulacorhynchus huallagae is a rare species of bird in the family ramphastidaeamong the least known members of the family it is endemic to humid forests growing on the east andean slope in northern peru. The toucan is a medium sized bird native to the rain forests of central and south america and the caribbean. Habitat of the toucan.
Toucans are tropical birds of the family ramphastidae. Sadly farmers use this area to grow coca plants and this habitat destruction is driving the birds to extinction. Most of its cloud forest habitat is currently inaccessible without a serious expedition so few birders have ever encountered this rare species.
Toucans have a lifespan of up to 20 years in the wildthe oldest captive toucan lived to be 26 years old. Yellow browed toucanets have a very small range with records existing from only two locations in north central peru where it is uncommon in la libertad and very rare in rio abiseo. The ranges of the nominate subspecies and the chestnut mandibled toucan do not overlap in the wild and are found to differ by 135 in mitochondrial dna leading some authourities to continue to classify the chestnut mandibled.
In general toucans are not considered an endangered animal.