Fiery-billed Aracari

Pteroglossus frantzii Cabanis, 1861

Fiery-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus frantzii, is a toucan of Middle America, breeding in Costa Rica and Panama. It lives in wet forest, using both interior and edge habitat, and is mainly resident throughout its range. The bird is best known for its striking bill, which shows a vertical ivory mark at the base, a black lower half, and a red upper half with a yellow tip and greenish base. Adults also have a black head and throat, a chestnut nape collar, blue-green back, red rump, and bright yellow underparts.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Ramphastidae — Toucans

Breeding range

Middle America: Costa Rica and Panama