(aka Brown-mandibled Aracari, Maria's Aracari)
September 2003
The Ivory-billed Aracari is distributed in the Amazon Basin.
It is found in forest and this particular bird was in the canopy.
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Palmarí, Amazonas, Brazil September 2003 The Ivory-billed Aracari is distributed in the Amazon Basin. It is found in forest and this particular bird was in the canopy. |
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The male has a black crown with chestnut head, nape and throat. The rump is red. The underparts show a broad red band across the breast with black below separated from a yellow belly by a thin red band. The maxilla is ivory coloured while the mandible is orange-brown. | |||
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These photos show the sub-species P. a. mariae often called Brown-mandibled Aracari which is distributed south of the Amazon river in eastern Peru and western Brazil as far as the river Madeira and south into adjacent areas of Bolivia. | |||
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