Many-banded Aracari
A species of Aracaris Scientific name : Pteroglossus pluricinctus Genus : Aracaris
Many-banded Aracari, A species of Aracaris
Botanical name: Pteroglossus pluricinctus
Genus: Aracaris
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Description General Info
Description
It measures between 40.6 and 43 cm in length. The beak is between 102 and 107 mm long and is ivory yellow on the top and black on the top line of the culmen and below. It has a black head, neck and upper chest; naked blue skin around the eyes; the tops with bright green feathers; lower part of the chest and belly yellow with two horizontal bands reddish to blackish and red rump to rufa.
Size
46 cm
Feeding Habits
Many-banded Aracari, a frugivorous species, forages in flocks, feasting on fruits, insects, small birds, eggs, and lizards. Notable for seed dispersal, many-banded Aracari regurgitates seeds rather than digesting them, avoiding digestive ballast.
Habitat
The many-banded Aracari predominantly resides in moist, primary rainforests that are not inundated. It dwells less frequently in várzea and gallery forests. Broadly, this species inhabits tropical regions with abundant, lush vegetation, adapting to various forested environments along the Andean mountain range.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Species Status
Not globally threatened.