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The spot-billed toucanet is 33 to 37 cm (13 to 15 in) long and weighs 137 to 193 g (4.8 to 6.8 oz). Males and females have the same bill pattern but the female's bill is shorter. The bill has a thin vertical black line at its base. The bill is mostly ivory at the base to greenish-yellow at the tip. The middle of the culmen is black, the maxilla has three to five vertical black stripes, and the mandible has a black patch near the end. Both sexes have bare green-yellow to blue skin around the eye and a golden-yellow tuft of feathers behind it; both are paler in the female.
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When to see the Spot-billed Toucanet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Spot-billed Toucanet
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Spot-billed Toucanet
The spot-billed toucanet is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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Easily confused with
Golden-collared ToucanetSelenidera reinwardtiiThe golden-collared toucanet is 33 to 35 cm (13 to 14 in) long.
Yellow-eared ToucanetSelenidera spectabilisThe yellow-eared toucanet is 36 to 38 cm (14 to 15 in) long and weighs 175 to 245 g (6.2 to 8.6 oz).
Guianan ToucanetSelenidera piperivoraThe Guianan toucanet is 33 to 35 cm (13 to 14 in) long.
Side by side: Golden-collared Toucanet vs Spot-billed Toucanet · Spot-billed Toucanet vs Yellow-eared Toucanet
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