Yellow Throated Toucan, Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
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Yellow Throated Toucan, Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
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Photograph - Photographs
Description
Lucky to spot this bird so far away, and in the rain!!
The yellow-throated toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus) is a large toucan in the family Ramphastidae found in Central and northern South America.The yellow-throated toucan ranges along the eastern slope of the Andes from Peru, north through Ecuador and Colombia, to Venezuela as far as the coastal ranges.
This species is adapted to a wide variety of habitats, from plains to tropical and subtropical forests. It lives at altitudes of 100 to 2400 m. in humid montane forests, with a preference for the canopy and edge.
Its plumage is mainly black. Upper breast and throat are bright yellow, with a thin red border on the throat, a creamy rump and a scarlet anal area. The bill is bicolor and massive, a little shorter in the female. It is lemon-yellowish on the upper side and blackish on the rest of the maxilla and on the mandible, often brown close to the base. The skin of the face around the eyes is pale green or yellow-green.
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William Tasker
Fabulous! Amazing to think that such birds fly wild in the world. Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you very much for the feature William - I was so lucky to see this one and in the rain!