Many-banded Aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) Sexes similar. Canopy tower platform in the Napo River floodplain. Tree canopy from a platform that was 36 m 118 ft) above the ground in a Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra: Malvaceae). The top of the tree was actually another 12-15 m (39-49 ft) above...
Bird in terra firma forest canopy about 30 m above ground, photographed from The Canopy Walkway at ACTS near Napo River, Amazon drainage of northeastern Peru.
Although this photo is distant and taken in heavy rain, there is no mistaking the 2 black belts on the yellow belly. No other aracari has two bands across the belly. You can also make out the pale upper mandible, the black lower mandible and, maybe with a bit of imagination, the blue bare skin...
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