Yellow eared toucan. Small toucan with distinctive plumage pattern. Its back and wings are olive green and like other toucans and toucanets it has a long bill bicolored yellow and black. Cassins aracari is an alternate name for the yellow eared toucanet.
Yellow eared toucanet selenidera spectabilis at the the observatory lodge arenal costa rica during the february 2017 avifauna tour. Selenidera nattereri tawnytufted toucanet. Toucanets have distinctive coloration markings and are particularly noted for their large colorful bills.
Breeding in south america middle america. Also note olive back and orange patch on flanks. A somewhat aberrant member of the genus selenidera it is relatively large total length approximately 38 cm 15 in and the plumage of the sexes only differ in that the.
She lacks the yellow cheek patch but still has bright yellow teal skin around the eye. Feeds on fruits and sometimes perches conspicuously on an open branch. An uncommon bird in all of its restricted range.
It is found from se honduras to nw colombia. Selenidera spectabilis yelloweared toucanet. Yellow eared toucanets are relatively large in size with a total length of approximately 38 cm 15 in.
Large tufts of yellow orange on flanks. Honduras to sw colombia. Can be seen in 6 countries.
The yellow eared toucanet selenidera spectabilis is the only sexually dimorphic costa rican toucan. This unique member of the toucan family has all black underparts chestnut thighs and a red vent. Head and underparts glossy black except long yellow ear tufts.
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 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. Males haveyellow auricular streaks feathers covering the ears which are absent in females.
Male has black body with bright yellow cheek patch. Found in the forest canopy usually in pairs or small family groups. The yellow eared toucanet is a shy resident of the foothills of central america and northwestern south america.
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