Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) [XC536466]
by David Bradley from Madre Verde, Senderos principales, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica (song)
Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) [XC137705]
by Oscar Ram\u00edrez Al\u00e1n from Puntarenas, Costa Rica (song)
Subspecies
Aulacorhynchus prasinus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was split into Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus), Wagler's Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus wagleri), Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis), Violet-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus cognatus), Northern Andean Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus lautus), Greyish-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta) and Black-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus atrogularis) by Navarro et al. (2001), on the basis mainly of differences in bill pattern and throat colour, but this treatment is not followed by SACC (2005), or the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group as it is considered premature.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
caeruleogularis Gould, 1853 - Costa Rica to north-western Colombia.