Toucans (Ramphastidae)
Ivory-billed Araçari (Pteroglossus azara) - HBW 7, p. 263
French: Araçari d’Azara
German: Rotkropfarassari
Spanish: Arasarí de Azara
Other common names: Azara Araçari/Toucan; Yellow-billed Araçari (flavirostris); Brown-mandibled/Maria’s Araçari (mariae)
Taxonomy: Ramphastos Azara Vieillot, 1819, Brazil.
Related to P. bitorquatus and P. inscriptus. Thought unlikely to be related directly to any of the “P. torquatus group”. Races flavirostris and mariae sometimes considered to constitute two separate species, but both of these and nominate race interbreed wherever they meet: mariae with nominate and flavirostris along Amazon, and with flavirostris also in N Peru; flavirostris also interbreeds with nominate race on upper R Negro. Race mariae has hybridized with race humboldti of P. inscriptus in W Brazil (R .. View all taxonomy...
Related to P. bitorquatus and P. inscriptus. Thought unlikely to be related directly to any of the “P. torquatus group”. Races flavirostris and mariae sometimes considered to constitute two separate species, but both of these and nominate race interbreed wherever they meet: mariae with nominate and flavirostris along Amazon, and with flavirostris also in N Peru; flavirostris also interbreeds with nominate race on upper R Negro. Race mariae has hybridized with race humboldti of P. inscriptus in W Brazil (R Juruá), and hybrid was originally thought to be a distinct species under the name “P. olallae”. Present species, as constituted herein, has sometimes erroneously been named P. flavirostris, apparently due to confusion over priority. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- flavirostris Fraser, 1841 - SE Colombia, S Venezuela and NW Brazil (W of upper R Negro, S to N bank of R Solimões) to E Ecuador and NE Peru.
- azara (Vieillot, 1819) - Brazil in Amazonas, between W bank of R Negro and N bank of R Solimões-Amazon.
- mariae Gould, 1854 - S of Amazon, from E Peru and W Brazil (E to R Madeira), S to NC Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of the head of one bird.
Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 34 weeks ago 3.5 -
Dorsal view of a bird perched on a branch.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp mariae)
Joe Tobias 26 November 2007 16 weeks ago 3.3 -
Two birds perched together in the canopy.
Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp flavirostris)
Scott Olmstead 1 July 2007 3 years ago 3.2 -
A bird, seen from behind and above, perched in a tree at dawn.
Locality Napo Wildlife Center, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp flavirostris)
Pia Öberg 9 February 2011 1 year ago 3.2 -
Dorsal view of a bird on hand.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp mariae)
Joe Tobias 26 November 2007 16 weeks ago 3
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