Ivory-billed Aracari - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies mariae
Photo by Stanley Jones,
Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, December 2016

Pteroglossus azara

Identification

36–45 cm (14¼-17¾ in)

• Black cap (male)
• Brown cap (female)
• Bill mostly yellow or cream, longer in the male

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies P.a. flavirostris
Photo by Peter R. Bono
from canopy tower, Manu Wildlife Center (approx. 320m), Peru, August 2008

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• P. a. flavirostris:

• South East Colombia to Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, southern Venezuela and north-western Brazil

• P. a. azara:

• West Brazil in Amazonas (between Rio Negro and Rio Solimões)

• P. a. mariae:

• East Peru and western Brazil south of Amazon to north-central Bolivia

The subspecies mariae is sometimes considered a full species, Brown-mandibled Aracari.

Habitat

Found in the canopy of tropical rainforest; observed at heights around 610 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of a wide variety of fruits, they have also been observed flycatching.

Breeding

Their clutch consists of 3-4 pure ellipitcal white eggs. Incubation lasts 16 days, and young fledge the nest at 40-42 days.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)
4. nfss.org

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Ivory-billed Aracari. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ivory-billed_Aracari

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