Toucans (Ramphastidae)
Black-necked Araçari (Pteroglossus aracari) - HBW 7, p. 263
French: Araçari grigri
German: Schwarzkehlarassari
Spanish: Arasarí Cuellinegro
Taxonomy: Ramphastos Aracari Linnaeus, 1758, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with P. castanotis. Both belong to the “P. torquatus group”, which also includes P. pluricinctus, P. torquatus and P. frantzii, all being closely related. Contrary to some views, probably not closely related to P. azara. Race atricollis has hybridized with P. pluricinctus in SE Venezuela (Carapo, R Paragua). Other described forms now considered unacceptable are roraimae (E Venezuela and the Guianas), synonymized with atricollis; amazonicus (NC & EC Brazil), now lumped into nominate; and <.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Ramphastos Aracari Linnaeus, 1758, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with P. castanotis. Both belong to the “P. torquatus group”, which also includes P. pluricinctus, P. torquatus and P. frantzii, all being closely related. Contrary to some views, probably not closely related to P. azara. Race atricollis has hybridized with P. pluricinctus in SE Venezuela (Carapo, R Paragua). Other described forms now considered unacceptable are roraimae (E Venezuela and the Guianas), synonymized with atricollis; amazonicus (NC & EC Brazil), now lumped into nominate; and wiedii and formosus (S & E Brazil), synonymized with vergens. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Forms a superspecies with P. castanotis. Both belong to the “P. torquatus group”, which also includes P. pluricinctus, P. torquatus and P. frantzii, all being closely related. Contrary to some views, probably not closely related to P. azara. Race atricollis has hybridized with P. pluricinctus in SE Venezuela (Carapo, R Paragua). Other described forms now considered unacceptable are roraimae (E Venezuela and the Guianas), synonymized with atricollis; amazonicus (NC & EC Brazil), now lumped into nominate; and wiedii and formosus (S & E Brazil), synonymized with vergens. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atricollis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - E Venezuela and the Guianas, and N Brazil S to R Amazon (W to R Negro).
- aracari (Linnaeus, 1758) - disjunct populations in NC, E & SE Brazil: S of Amazon, W to R Madeira, E to Maranhão and S to NE Mato Grosso and Goiás; E Pernambuco and E Alagoas; and also Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo.
- vergens Griscom & Greenway, 1937 - S Goiás, S Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo S to E Paraná and E Santa Catarina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two views of a bird Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 34 sec 3.8 -
A bird moving in a morototó (Schefflera morototoni). Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (ssp aracari)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 20 sec 3.8 -
A bird moving and eating fruits in a morototó (Schefflera morototoni). Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (ssp aracari)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 53 sec 3.8 -
Two perched birds in a tree, one of them briefly preening, before both of them flying away. Locality Zanderij International Airport, Para District, Suriname (ssp atricollis)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 12 June 2011 15 weeks ago 24 sec 3.8 -
Two birds eating papaya at a farm. Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
marmoset 1 August 2009 2 years ago 13 sec 3.8 -
A front view of a bird standing and looking around Locality Cuyuní River Road, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp atricollis)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 April 2003 4 years ago 23 sec 3.8
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An individual perched in a tree.
Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (ssp aracari)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Frontal view of a bird perched on a branch
Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela (ssp roraimae)
Mikko Pyhälä 1 April 2010 1 year ago 3 -
A bird perched.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 2 years ago 3 -
bird
Locality Ipatinga, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
marco aurelio martins de ... 3 May 2009 2 years ago 2.5 -
perched in a snag that was in the middle of a degraded forest
Locality Itacaré, Bahia State, Brazil
Patrick Ellsworth 5 August 2008 18 weeks ago 2 -
A perched bird with fruit in its bill.
Locality Caño Colorado, Maturín, Monagas State, Venezuela (ssp atricollis)
philgunson 9 May 2009 2 years ago 2
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Calls Locality Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 21 July 2009 30 weeks ago 4 -
Calls Locality Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 4 January 2010 30 weeks ago 4 -
Two birds calling. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp aracari)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
At least one bird singing in the canopy - In the background : Percnostola rufifrons Locality Kaw-Roura Nature Reserve, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 5 May 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Calls in flight Locality Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 21 July 2009 30 weeks ago 3
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