Bird Guide

Plate-billed Mountain Toucan

Andigena laminirostris

Near ThreatenedFruitForestCavity nestLarge · 311 g

About the Plate-billed Mountain Toucan

The plate-billed mountain toucan is a species of bird in the family Ramphastidae. It is native to the west slope of Ecuador and extreme southern Colombia, where it lives in the high-altitude humid mountain forests of the Andes.

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Plate-billed Mountain-Toucans have a large laterally compressed bill, the front half of which is black and the back half is mostly red with a raised yellow plate on the upper mandible, a unique feature for which the bird was named. They have a reddish brown iris and a bare ocular area that is yellow below and turquoise green above. The crown and nape are black and the rest of the upper parts are bronzy olive. The side of the neck and underparts are blue gray with a yellow patch on the flanks which is partially covered by the wings. Voice: This is the most vocal of the mountain toucans, and the sexes often duet. The male makes a loud, repeating "tryyyyyyyk" sound and the female makes a drier "t't't't't't't't" noise. The bird utters rattles and clicks loud enough to be heard from over a kilometer away.

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What the Plate-billed Mountain Toucan sounds like

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where the Plate-billed Mountain Toucan lives

Regular range

When to see the Plate-billed Mountain Toucan

Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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