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Collared Aracari

Pteroglossus torquatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCavity nestMedium · 219 g
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 1
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 2
Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 3
Photo: Charlie Jackson · CC BY 2.0
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 4
Photo: yongestation · CC BY 4.0
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 5
Photo: Andrew Hrycyna · CC BY 4.0
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 6
Photo: Andrew Hrycyna · CC BY 4.0
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 7
Photo: Mark Valen · CC BY 4.0
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 8
Photo: Mark Valen · CC BY 4.0
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 9
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), photo 10
Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Like other toucans, the collared aracari is brightly marked and has a large bill. Adults are 38 to 41 cm (15 to 16 in) long and weigh 175 to 250 g (6.2 to 8.8 oz). Males and females have the same coloration of the bill and plumage but the female's bill is shorter than the male's. The three subspecies' bills are alike. The adult's bill has a narrow vertical white line at its base. Its maxilla is buffy white darkening to dull reddish brown at its base. Its tip and culmen are black. The maxilla has black and yellowish white notches. The bill's mandible is black.

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When to see the Collared Aracari

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Collared Aracari

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Belize Panama Ecuador Colombia Mexico Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Venezuela

Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.

About the Collared Aracari

The collared aracari or collared araçari is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) Chestnut-eared AracariPteroglossus castanotisThe chestnut-eared aracari is 43 to 47 cm (17 to 19 in) long and weighs 220 to 310 g (7.8 to 11 oz). Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) Fiery-billed AracariPteroglossus frantziiThe fiery-billed aracari is about 45 cm (18 in) long and weighs 225 to 280 g (7.9 to 9.9 oz). Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus) Lettered AracariPteroglossus inscriptusThe lettered aracari is 33 to 35.5 cm (13 to 14 in) long.

Side by side: Chestnut-eared Aracari vs Collared Aracari · Collared Aracari vs Fiery-billed Aracari · Collared Aracari vs Lettered Aracari

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