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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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When to see the Southern Emerald Toucanet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Southern Emerald Toucanet
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Southern Emerald Toucanet
The southern emerald toucanet is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found in montane regions of Colombia, Ecuador, western Venezuela, Peru and northern Bolivia.
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Easily confused with
Crimson-rumped ToucanetAulacorhynchus haematopygusThe crimson-rumped toucanet is 40 to 45 cm (16 to 18 in) long.
Northern Emerald ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinusLike other toucans, the northern emerald toucanet is brightly marked and has a large bill.
Groove-billed ToucanetAulacorhynchus sulcatusThe groove-billed toucanet is 33 to 37 cm (13 to 15 in) long and weighs 130 to 200 g (4.6 to 7.1 oz).
Side by side: Northern Emerald Toucanet vs Southern Emerald Toucanet · Crimson-rumped Toucanet vs Southern Emerald Toucanet · Groove-billed Toucanet vs Southern Emerald Toucanet
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