Blue-throated toucanet

Aulacorhynchus prasinus caeruleogularis

The blue-throated toucanet is a near-passerine bird living in the mountain forests of Costa Rica, Panama and far northwestern Colombia. Most authorities continue to consider it a subspecies of the emerald toucanet.
Blue-throated toucanet - Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis In San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica. It was very close to a nest of Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus). Our guide explained us that they take chicks from them to feed their own offspring. Soon after many woodpeckers showed up and they drove the toucanet away from their nest. Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis,Blue-throated toucanet,Costa Rica,Geotagged,Spring

Distribution

The blue-throated toucanets live in humid mountain forests in Costa Rica and western Panama. Its natural elevation range is from 2,500 ft to 7,600 ft above sea level and it is generally common within its range.

Reproduction

This toucan nests in old woodpecker holes. The nests can be up to 70 ft above the ground. Each nest contains 2–4 eggs, white in colour. The eggs have about a 15-day incubation period.

Food

The bird mostly consumes fruits and insects, but can also eat other birds' eggs. The call of the blue-throated toucanet is a loud and high-pitched ''rrrip, rrrip, rrrip, rrrip,''.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPiciformes
FamilyRamphastidae
GenusAulacorhynchus
SpeciesA.prasinus ssp. caeruleogularis
Photographed in
Costa Rica