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Alternative names: Baillon's Toucan; Baillon's Toucanet; Banana Toucan; Banana Toucanet

Photo by Luiz
Ypê Hotel, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil

Pteroglossus bailloni

Baillonius bailloni

Identification

35-40 cm

Saffron yellow body
Darker olive back and tail
Greenish bill with red lower mandible
Red rump and ocular skin
Yellow iris

Distribution

South America: found in humid forests of south-eastern Brazil locally also in north-eastern Argentina and eastern Paraguay.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Included in the genus Baillonius by some authorities.

Habitat

Denizen of the mid-level Atlantic forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists mostly of fruit, supplemented by insects during the breeding season.

Breeding

The 3-4 pure white, elliptical shaped eggs are incubated for 16 days. The young fledge at 40-42 days.

References

Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
Wikipedia

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Saffron Toucanet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Saffron_Toucanet

External Links

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-;Baillonius bailloni
+'''Alternative names: Baillon's Toucan; Baillon's Toucanet; Banana Toucan; Banana Toucanet'''
-[[Image:Saffron_Toucanet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Luiz<br />Location: Ypê Hotel, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil]]
+[[Image:Saffron_Toucanet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Luiz|Luiz}}<br />Ypê Hotel, [[Itatiaia National Park]], [[Brazil]]]]
-Alternate common names: Baillon's Toucan, Baillon's Toucanet, Banana Toucan, Banana Toucanet
+;[[:Category:Pteroglossus|Pteroglossus]] bailloni
+''Baillonius bailloni''
 ==Identification==
--40 cm. Saffron yellow with darker back and tail, more olive in colour. The rump, ocular skin and patches on the basal half of the otherwise green-horn bill are red. The iris is pale yellow.
+-40 cm
+*Saffron yellow body
+*Darker olive back and tail
+*Greenish bill with red lower mandible
+*Red rump and ocular skin
+*Yellow iris
 ==Distribution==
-Eastern [[Argentina]], south-eastern [[Brazil]], and eastern [[Paraguay]].
+[[South America]]: found in humid forests of south-eastern [[Brazil]] locally also in north-eastern [[Argentina]] and eastern [[Paraguay]].
 ==Taxonomy==
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
+Included in the genus ''[[:Category:Baillonius|Baillonius]]'' by some authorities.
 ==Habitat==
-Rainforest.
+Denizen of the mid-level Atlantic forest.
 ==Behaviour==
-The diet includes fruit, and insects during the breeding season.
+====Diet====
+The diet consists mostly of fruit, supplemented by insects during the breeding season.
--4 pure white, elliptical shaped eggs, are laid and incubated for 16 days.  The young fledge at 40-42 days.
+====Breeding====
+The 3-4 pure white, elliptical shaped eggs are incubated for 16 days.  The young fledge at 40-42 days.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Wikipedia
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
 {{GSearch|Saffron+Toucanet}}
-[[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]]
+{{GS-checked}}
+<br />
+<br />
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Baillonius]] [[Category:Pteroglossus]]