Yellow-eared Toucanet
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| Yellow-eared Toucanet | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Ramphastidae |
| Genus: | Selenidera |
| Species: | S. spectabilis |
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| Selenidera spectabilis Cassin, 1857 |
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The Yellow-eared Toucanet (Selenidera spectabilis) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid forests in Central America and the Chocó. A somewhat aberrant member of the genus Selenidera, it is relatively large (total length approximately 38 cm [15 in]) and the plumage of the sexes only differ in that the male has a yellow auricular streak, while the female has a brown crown. It weighs 175-245 grams (6.2-8.7 oz.)[1]
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Selenidera spectabilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
- ^ "Toucans, Barbets & Honeyguides" by Lester Short & Jennifer Horne. Oxford University Press (2001), ISBN 0-19-85466-1
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