Black-necked Aracari - Pteroglossus aracari

Black-necked Aracari (Pteroglossus aracari)

Brazil

The Black-necked Aracari is distributed from eastern Venezuela and the Guianas to Mato Grosso and Goiás in central Brazil. There is a disjunct population in eastern Brazil.

It is found in a variety of forest and woodland habitats where it feeds on fruit and insects.

It has a black head with chestnut-black ear-coverts. Upperparts are dark green with a red rump. Underparts are yellow with a black throat and a red band across the lower chest. The bill is ivory on the maxilla and black on the mandible.

Black-necked Aracari, Borba, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image

Black-necked Aracari, Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil, November 2005 - click for larger image

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