Toucans (Ramphastidae)
Lettered Araçari (Pteroglossus inscriptus) - HBW 7, p. 261
French: Araçari de Humboldt
German: Schriftarassari
Spanish: Arasarí Marcado
Taxonomy: Pteroglossus inscriptus Swainson, 1822, Guyana; error = Pará, Brazil.
May form a superspecies with P. viridis. Less closely related to P. bitorquatus and P. azara. Race humboldti sometimes considered a separate species, but interbreeds sporadically with nominate race in R Madeira region; humboldti placed within P. viridis by some authors, but appears more appropriately treated with present species. Form from upper Amazonia, described as race didymus, now considered a synonym of humboldti; form described from R Juruá as “olallae”, and initially thought to be full species, found to be hybrid betw.. View all taxonomy...
May form a superspecies with P. viridis. Less closely related to P. bitorquatus and P. azara. Race humboldti sometimes considered a separate species, but interbreeds sporadically with nominate race in R Madeira region; humboldti placed within P. viridis by some authors, but appears more appropriately treated with present species. Form from upper Amazonia, described as race didymus, now considered a synonym of humboldti; form described from R Juruá as “olallae”, and initially thought to be full species, found to be hybrid between humboldti and P. azara mariae. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- humboldti Wagler, 1827 - SE Colombia and W Brazil (E narrowly along Amazon to R Negro mouth in N, broadly E, S of Amazon, to R Madeira, crossing it occasionally in N and, more often, in S), S in lowlands E of Andes to NC Bolivia.
- inscriptus Swainson, 1822 - NC Brazil S of Amazon (from R Madeira E to Maranhão, NW Piauí), S to E Bolivia, SW Mato Grosso (in upper R Paraguay drainage) and upper R Tocantins; also E Brazil in Pernambuco and E Alagoas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird high in a tree, showing several forms of comfort behaviour Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp humboldti)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 4 years ago 54 sec 4.5 -
An individual perched in a tree, looking around and flying away. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp inscriptus)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 5 weeks ago 20 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a leafless tree, looking around and flying away Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp humboldti)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 4 years ago 28 sec 3.7 -
Two birds perched in a tree and both flying away. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp inscriptus)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 5 weeks ago 19 sec 3.5 -
Two birds perched in a morototó tree (Schefflera morototoni), looking around and flying away. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 3.3 -
A pair on a branch and flying away. Locality Murici Reserve, Alagoas State, Brazil (ssp inscriptus)
Ciro Albano 4 December 2009 2 years ago 7 sec 2.3
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Male in nesthole with a fruit in his beak
Locality Puerto López, Meta Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 20 March 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Dorsal view of a female
Locality Puerto López, Meta Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 20 March 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
Lettered Aracari
Locality Jaqueira (Frei Caneca Reserve), Pernambuco State, Brazil
Stephen John Jones 31 July 2009 1 year ago 3 -
two brids in a tree
Locality Puerto López, Meta Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 3 April 2010 2 years ago 3 -
An individual on the branch.
Locality Paranatinga, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp inscriptus)
Tatiana Colombo 13 August 2007 3 years ago 3
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