About the Yellow-browed Toucanet
The yellow-browed toucanet is an Endangered species of near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is endemic to Peru.
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The yellow-browed toucanet is 38 to 44 cm (15 to 17 in) long and weighs about 250 to 280 g (8.8 to 9.9 oz). The sexes are alike. Their bill is mostly bluish gray with a whitish gray tip and a bright white band at the base. They are mostly yellowish green above with a purer green crown. The face and sides of the neck are apple green with a short narrow yellow supercilium and bare black skin around the reddish eye. Their throat is whitish that becomes greener to a bright blue band across the lower breast. Their belly and flanks are yellowish green and their undertail coverts are golden yellow. Voice: The yellow-browed toucanet's typical call has been described as "a series of 20 to 30 frog-like krik notes" and also as "a series of harsh grunts: rehh rehh rehh...."
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When to see it
Peak activity in October · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Tepui ToucanetAulacorhynchus whitelianusThe tepui toucanet is 33 to 41 cm (13 to 16 in) long and weighs 117 to 160 g (4.1 to 5.6 oz).
Chestnut-tipped ToucanetAulacorhynchus derbianusThe chestnut-tipped toucanet is 33 to 41 cm (13 to 16 in) long and weighs 141 to 262 g (5.0 to 9.2 oz).
Blue-banded ToucanetAulacorhynchus coeruleicinctisThe blue-banded toucanet is 40 to 44 cm (16 to 17 in) long and weighs 173 to 257 g (6.1 to 9.1 oz).
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