Toucans (Ramphastidae)
Collared Araçari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
French: Araçari à collier German: Halsbandarassari Spanish: Arasarí Acollarado
Other common names: Spot-breasted/Banded/Ringed/Red-rumped/Red-backed/Spot-chested Araçari; Stripe-billed Araçari (sanguineus); Pale-mandibled Araçari (erythropygius)
Taxonomy:
Ramphastos torquatus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Veracruz, Mexico.
Forms a superspecies with P. frantzii; although not in full contact, these two have hybridized, and they may be conspecific. Both belong to the “P. torquatus group”, which also includes P. aracari, P. castanotis and P. pluricinctus, all these species being closely related. Southern races sanguineus and erythropygius sometimes considered to represent one or two additional species, but they interbreed to a significant extent with each other in SW Colombia and NW Ecuador, as also does sanguineus with nominate torquatus in E Panam.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with P. frantzii; although not in full contact, these two have hybridized, and they may be conspecific. Both belong to the “P. torquatus group”, which also includes P. aracari, P. castanotis and P. pluricinctus, all these species being closely related. Southern races sanguineus and erythropygius sometimes considered to represent one or two additional species, but they interbreed to a significant extent with each other in SW Colombia and NW Ecuador, as also does sanguineus with nominate torquatus in E Panama and NW Colombia, so they are better treated as races of present species; in addition, race nuchalis intergrades with sanguineus. Birds from SE Mexico (Chiapas), described as esperanzae, now lumped within nominate torquatus; those from NW Venezuela, named as race pectoralis, now included in nuchalis. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- torquatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - EC Mexico S to NW corner of Colombia.
- erythrozonus Ridgway, 1912 - Yucatán Peninsula, S to Belize and NE Guatemala.
- nuchalis Cabanis, 1862 - NE Colombia (area of Santa Marta Mts) and mountains of N Venezuela.
- torquatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - EC Mexico S to NW corner of Colombia.
- erythrozonus Ridgway, 1912 - Yucatán Peninsula, S to Belize and NE Guatemala.
- nuchalis Cabanis, 1862 - NE Colombia (area of Santa Marta Mts) and mountains of N Venezuela.
- sanguineus Gould, 1854 - E Panama and N & NW Colombia S to NW Ecuador.
- erythropygius Gould, 1843 - W Ecuador; recently recorded in extreme N Peru (Tumbes).
- Least Concern
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Two birds perched on bananas, one of them flying away Mindo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (erythropygius)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 2 years ago 33 sec 4.8 -
A pair entering their roosting site in a dead tree El Paujil Natural Reserve, Colombia (nuchalis)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2007 2 years ago 41 sec 4.7 -
A close-up of a bird perched on a branch Mindo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (erythropygius)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 2 years ago 25 sec 4.5 -
Two views of an adult bird feeding on tropical apples. Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Sololá, Guatemala (torquatus)
Don DesJardin 28 February 2007 2 years ago 52 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding on bananas Mindo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (erythropygius)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 2 years ago 39 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched on a branch Talamanca, Costa Rica (torquatus)
Max Roth 31 March 2001 5 years ago 35 sec 4.4
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Collared Aracari (Pale-mandibled ssp) at feeder at Sachatamia Lodge, Mindo Area, Pichincha Province, Ecuador Pichincha Province, Ecuador (erythropygius)
Ron Flemal 15 April 2009 37 weeks ago 4 -
Two birds close together. Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (erythropygius)
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 45 weeks ago 3.3 -
Eating fruits from the climbing plant. Parque La Misión, San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela
kperezleon 16 November 2008 42 weeks ago 2.5
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Calls from at least two individuals Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern)
(torquatus)
Bradley Davis 30 November 2006 8 weeks ago 4
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