Curl Crested Aracari

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Rio Azul, Brazil • Sept 2011

Bird name: Curl Crested Aracari
Latin: Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
Other: araçari-mulato (Br)• arasarí crespo (Es)
Family: Ramphastidae • Toucans, Aracaris
Range: W Amazonia, incl Brazil
Similar:

Rio Azul Lodge had several Curl-crested Aracaris visiting not far from the lodge, in degraded semi-open forest.

Purple, sky-blue and orange on upper bill, white lower bill, pale blue around eye, “curly hair”. The bird pictured above had no red on belly (maybe juvenile?), a little on flank, but many adults birds have the red band typical of many aracaris.

Below a Curl-crested Aracari at Rio Azul Lodge, Para, Brazil • Sept 2011



Below a Curl-crested Aracari in flight at Rio Azul Lodge, Para, Brazil • Sept 2011



Below two Curl-crested Aracaris at Rio Azul Lodge, Para, Brazil • Sept 2011