Chestnut-eared Araçari (Pteroglossus castanotis)

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

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Brazil

chestnut-eared_aracari
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Brazil

chestnut-eared_aracari
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Brazil

chestnut-eared_aracari
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Brazil


Identification & Behavior: ~44.3 cm (17.4 in). The Chestnut-eared Aracari has black cap and nape with chestnut sides of the head and neck. It has blueish bare skin around a pale eye. The upperparts are black. The rump is red. The underparts are yellow with a single red band across the belly.  The bill is mostly black with an orange-yellow stripe along the upper mandible. It is similar to Curl-crested Aracari but is distinguished by the chestnut throat and sided of head and black in the bill. Also ,see Many-banded Aracari.

Status: The Chestnut-eared Aracari is common in the forest canopy of Amazonia. It is known to range up to 1000 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Arasari de Oreja Castaña.

Sub-species: Chestnut-eared Araçari (Pteroglossus castanotis castanotis), Gould 1834.

Meaning of Name: Pteroglossus: Gr. pteros= feather, wing and glossa= tongue (feather-like tongue). castanotis = L. brown eared.

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.