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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
    Lion
    View Lion class
    hi Ojochal, that's a fantastic species intro (first photo of this species on the site).

    Something seems to have gone wrong with the geotag. Can you please geotag it once more? You can do so using the "edit" button below the map.     Posted 11 years ago
  2. View Christina AndJustin Alexander's profile
    Christina AndJustin Alexander
    Bull Frog
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    So colorful; beautiful bird! Posted 11 years ago

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The Chestnut-mandibled toucan

The chestnut-mandibled toucan, or Swainson’s toucan is a near-passerine bird which breeds from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia to western Ecuador. This subspecies is replaced from southern Colombia to eastern Peru by the nominate subspecies black-mandibled toucan, ''R. ambiguus ambiguus''. The SACC and NACC of the AOU have recently indicated that these birds should be classified as conspecific. The scientific and alternative English names commemorate the English ornithologist and artist.. more

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Similar species: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans
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By Ojochal

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Uploaded Aug 14, 2014. Captured Dec 13, 2013 15:28 in Cinco Ventanas, Costa Rica.
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  • Canon EOS REBEL T1i
  • f/5.6
  • 1/256s
  • ISO640
  • 250mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.