Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis)

Family
Ramphastidae (Toucans)

Size
33 - 35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1854)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rican mountains to western Panama.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) [XC872515]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Monteverde Hummingbird Gallery, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (song)

Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) [XC278660]
by Kent Livezey from Sevegre Lodge, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica (call)

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.
cognatus Nelson, 1912 - Eastern Panama, north-western Colombia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) - 10 files

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