Bird Guide

Crimson-rumped Toucanet vs Southern Emerald Toucanet

Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus)

Crimson-rumped Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus haematopygus

Medium194 gForest

The crimson-rumped toucanet is 40 to 45 cm (16 to 18 in) long. The nominate subspecies weighs 200 to 232 g (7.1 to 8.2 oz) and A. h. sexnotatus 141 to 200 g (5.0 to 7.1 oz). Their bill is brownish red and black with a vertical white line at the base; the nominate has a larger proportion of black than A. h. sexnotatus. Males and females have the same plumage but females have a shorter bill than males.

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Sonogram of the Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Recorded by JUAN ANTONIO ALONSO DE JUAN · Song · Vereda La Máquina, Pacho, Cundinamarca, Colombia · CC BY 4.0
Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0
Southern Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta)

Southern Emerald Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus albivitta

Medium195 gForest

Like other toucans, the southern emerald toucanet is brightly marked and has a large bill. Adults are 33 to 38 cm (13 to 15 in) long and weigh about 160 to 230 g (5.6 to 8.1 oz). The sexes are alike in appearance although the female generally is smaller and shorter-billed. Their bill is black with a wide yellow stripe along its culmen and a white vertical strip at its base. Subspecies A. a. albivitta and A. a. phaeolaemus have some chestnut or maroon at the base of the culmen.

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Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

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