Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis)

Order: Piciformes | Family: Ramphastidae  | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cusco

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Sandia, Puno

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cusco

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cusco


Identification & Behavior: ~40.5 cm (16 in).  The Blue-banded Toucanet is all green, with a pale throat, a chestnut tip of the tail, and thin pale eyebrow.  The lower rump is reddish brown, the undertail coverts are pale green.  The bill is mostly bluish-gray turning yellowish towards the tip. It has a bluish breast band that can be incomplete. It is similar to Emerald Toucanet and Chestnut-tipped Toucanet but is distinguished by reddish brown rump, bluish-gray bill, and blue band across the breast. Also, see Yellow-browed Toucanet.

Status: The Blue-banded Toucanet is fairly common in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes where it is known to range between 1300 – 2500 m. It also occurs in Bo.

Name in Spanish: Tucancillo de Franja Celeste.

Sub-species: Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis), d’Orbigny 1840.

Meaning of Name: Aulacorhynchus: Gr. Aulax=scratch, groove and rhunkhos=tip. coeruleicinctis: L. coeruleus=Azure, blue and cinctus= girdled, banded.

See more of the Family Ramphastidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.