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Aulacorhynchus wagleri

[edit] Identification

30-35cm. Green, rufous vent and tail-tip, black bill, yellow upper mandible, a white band at the base of the bill. Dependent on group, some have a rufous patch near the base of the upper mandible or the lower mandible, some have white throats, others have blue, grey-blue, or black. The eye-ring ranges from blue to red, grey legs, dark iris.

Juveniles are duller.

[edit] Distribution

South west Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Humid forest and more open woodland, mainly at higher elevations.

[edit] Behaviour

They nest in an unlined hole in a tree, usually an old woodpecker nest, but sometimes a natural cavity. 3-4 white eggs are laid and are incubated by both parents for 14-15 days. The young fledge after a further 6 weeks.

The diet includes mainly fruit taken from trees, but also insects, lizards, bird eggs, and other small prey.

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