Toucans (Ramphastidae)
Red-necked Araçari (Pteroglossus bitorquatus) - HBW 7, p. 263
French: Araçari à double collier
German: Rotnackenarassari
Spanish: Arasarí Cuellirrojo
Other common names: Double-collared Araçari
Taxonomy: Pteroglossus bitorquatus Vigors, 1826, no locality = north-eastern Brazil.
Probably related more closely to P. inscriptus and P. viridis than to P. azara. Races sturmii and reichenowi considered by some authors to constitute two further distinct species, but they clearly share major features with nominate race, and differences between the various populations seem significant enough only for subspecific treatment; also, sturmii and reichenowi appear to hybridize, e.g. in SW Pará (Cururu Valley of upper R Tapajós) and N Mato Grosso. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sturmii Natterer, 1842 - NC Brazil S of Amazon, between R Madeira and R Tapajós, S to Rondônia, Bolivia (E Beni, NE Santa Cruz), thence E to C Mato Grosso (R Paraguay drainage, and E almost to R Xingu).
- reichenowi Snethlage, 1907 - S of Amazon, between R Tapajós and R Tocantins, S to N Mato Grosso.
- bitorquatus Vigors, 1826 - NE Brazil S of Amazon: Marajó I and E of R Tocantins to Maranhão.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Two birds in a tree, one of them fluffing off the plumage Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp sturmii)
Josep del Hoyo 11 July 2007 5 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
A bird in a tree, calling continuously Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp sturmii)
Josep del Hoyo 11 July 2007 5 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird preening in a tree, seen from below Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp sturmii)
Josep del Hoyo 11 July 2007 5 years ago 35 sec 3.6 -
Two birds perched in a morototó tree (Schefflera morototoni) and flying away (then at 50% speed). Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (ssp sturmii)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 2 years ago 34 sec 3.3
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