| Chestnut-eared Araçari Pteroglossus castanotis Brazilian name: araçari-castanho |
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Brazil and Ecuador
The Chestnut-eared Araçari is found from Colombia to Argentina and is possibly the most common araçari in central and eastern Brazil. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. |
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Its bill is mostly black with a yellow tip and a yellow line along the middle with yellow "teeth". Its
underparts are yellow with a single red band across the chest and it also has a red rump. The chestnut "ears" and collar tend to look black
at a distance.
While araçaris tend to be more vegetarian than toucans, the Chestnut-eared is known to attack colonies of Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela) to raid the nests. |
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The Chestnut-eared Araçari forms a superspecies with the Black-necked Araçari (Pteroglossus aracari) | |||
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