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has assessed the yellow-eared toucanet as being of Least
Concern. It has a large range and an estimated population of at least 50,000 mature individuals, though the latter is believed to be decreasing. No immediate threats have been identified. It appears to be "uncommon to locally fairly common" in
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The yellow-eared toucanet's breeding season in much of its range is from April to August; it might start somewhat earlier in
Honduras and as early as February in Colombia. Courting adults sing while tossing their heads and flipping their tails back and forth. The clutch size is believed to be two to
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The yellow-eared toucanet is 36 to 38 cm (14 to 15 in) long and weighs 175 to 245 g (6.2 to 8.6 oz). It is the largest and most distinctively plumaged member of its genus. Males and females have the same bill pattern but the female's bill is shorter. The bill has a vertical black
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are green and their tail blackish. They are black from their chin to their belly with a yellow patch on the flank, chestnut thighs, and red undertail coverts. Adult females have a chestnut forehead and hindneck and lack the male's yellow ear tuft. Immatures are duller than adults and the pattern on
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The yellow-eared toucanet's song is "a short to long series normally of double notes, 'tik-ett'" that is sometimes accompanied by bill snapping. Pairs sometimes sing simultaneously. It also makes long and short rattles that may be either vocal or made by the tongue inside the bill.
291:, and fruit trees close to the forest edge. In elevation it mostly ranges between 300 and 1,100 m (980 and 3,600 ft) but occurs as low as sea level. It also occurs as high as about 1,500 m (4,900 ft) but in Honduras is unknown above 500 m (1,600 ft).
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South
America. American Ornithological Society.
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The yellow-eared toucanet usually forages in pairs or small groups, and usually from the forest's mid level to the canopy. It does feed at fruiting bushes near the ground. Its diet has not been detailed but is known to be mostly fruit and also include
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Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2022. Downloaded from
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is dark olive to brownish black. Adult males have a black cap that extends down the hindneck, blue to green bare skin around the eye, and a large yellow tuft that extends back behind the eye. Their back and uppertail
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The yellow-eared toucanet is known to move from higher to lower elevations after the breeding season in Costa Rica and Panama, but whether this is universal or done only by younger birds is not known.
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511:https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.yeetou1.01
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1185:IUCN Red List least concern species
409:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
576:Toucans, toucanets, and aracaris (
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398:BirdLife International (2022).
237:Despite its placement in genus
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833:Grey-breasted mountain toucan
848:Black-billed mountain toucan
838:Plate-billed mountain toucan
513:retrieved December 24, 2022
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77:Scientific classification
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796:Golden-collared toucanet
657:Chestnut-tipped toucanet
282:Distribution and habitat
233:Taxonomy and systematics
1215:Birds described in 1858
779:(dichromatic toucanets)
719:Brown-mandibled aracari
667:Crimson-rumped toucanet
647:Black-throated toucanet
642:White-throated toucanet
483:retrieved July 24, 2022
416:: e.T22682071A168669309
400:"Yellow-eared Toucanet
1162:Selenidera-spectabilis
983:Selenidera_spectabilis
969:Selenidera spectabilis
939:Selenidera spectabilis
905:Yellow-throated toucan
880:Citron-throated toucan
843:Hooded mountain toucan
749:Pale-mandibled aracari
729:Chestnut-eared aracari
692:(aracaris or araçaris)
672:Yellow-browed toucanet
652:Groove-billed toucanet
637:Blue-throated toucanet
507:Selenidera spectabilis
402:Selenidera spectabilis
260:line at its base. The
218:Selenidera spectabilis
186:Selenidera spectabilis
26:Yellow-eared toucanet
900:White-throated toucan
875:Channel-billed toucan
801:Tawny-tufted toucanet
786:Yellow-eared toucanet
744:Stripe-billed aracari
213:yellow-eared toucanet
811:Spot-billed toucanet
759:Curl-crested aracari
754:Fiery-billed aracari
724:Black-necked aracari
714:Ivory-billed aracari
677:Blue-banded toucanet
1200:Birds of Costa Rica
870:Red-breasted toucan
734:Many-banded aracari
444:IOC World Bird List
168:S. spectabilis
47:Conservation status
1195:Birds of Nicaragua
890:Keel-billed toucan
826:(mountain toucans)
709:Red-necked aracari
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931:Taxon identifiers
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1066:iNaturalist
963:Wikispecies
895:Toco toucan
420:24 December
255:Description
1190:Selenidera
1179:Categories
1157:Xeno-canto
859:Ramphastos
775:Selenidera
382:References
315:arthropods
239:Selenidera
155:Selenidera
134:Piciformes
249:monotypic
162:Species:
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991:BirdLife
954:Q1270907
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295:Behavior
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244:Andigena
140:Family:
114:Chordata
110:Phylum:
104:Animalia
90:Domain:
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308:Feeding
275:coverts
262:maxilla
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195:, 1858
193:Cassin
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1032:6YBY8
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1105:IUCN
1092:ITIS
1053:GBIF
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533:ISBN
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