Lettered Araçari Pteroglossus inscriptus

Brazilian name: Araçari-miudinho-de-bico-riscado
Lettered Araçari, Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click on image for a larger view Brazil

The Lettered Araçari has a generally yellow bill with a row of short black lines (the "letters") on the upper mandible leading away from the edge. It is entirely yellow below with no bands and it has a blue patch round the eye. The male has a black face while the female has a chestnut face.

Lettered Araçari, Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click on image for larger view It is found from Colombia to Bolivia and in the Amazon Basin south of the rios Negro and Amazon where it inhabits mainly forest. There is a disjunct population in Pernambuco and Alagoas where photos 4 and 5 were taken.

It feeds on fruit, insects and nestlings of birds such as swallows and finches.
Lettered Araçari, Guaraí, Tocantins, Brazil, February 2002 - click on image for larger view There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase.
Lettered Araçari, Tamandaré, Pernambuco, Brazil, October 2008 - click on image for larger view
Lettered Araçari, Tamandaré, Pernambuco, Brazil, October 2008 - click on image for larger view
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