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Alternative names: Mexican Toucanet, Mexican Emerald Toucanet, or Guatemalan Emerald Toucanet.

Photo by Jim Crosswell
Finca Oro, Costa Rica

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Dapa-Valle, Colombia

Aulacorhynchus prasinus

This page refers to Aulacorhynchus prasinus narrowly defined, the species found in eastern Mexico and northern Central America. For the group of up to seven species ranging from western Mexico to Bolivia sometimes considered conspecific under this name, please see Emerald Toucanet complex.

[edit] Identification

30-35cm.

• Green plumage
• Rufous vent and tail tip
• Black bill with yellow on the upper mandible
• White, black or blue throat dependent on subspecies
• Eye ring can be blue to red
• Dull grey legs
• Dark iris

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

[edit] Taxonomy

Often considered the nominate subspecies of Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodland and humid forest.

[edit] Behaviour

They nest in an unlined cavity in a tree; 3-4 white eggs are laid and incubated by both sexes for 14–15 days. Both parents care for the young which fledge after about 6 weeks.

The diet includes mainly fruit, but some insects, lizards, and bird eggs are also taken.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links