Yellow-eared Toucanet

Selenidera spectabilis Cassin, 1858

Yellow-eared Toucanet, Selenidera spectabilis, is a toucan of Middle America and South America, breeding from Honduras to south-west Colombia. It belongs to the family Ramphastidae and was described by Cassin in 1858. It is the largest member of its genus and has the most striking plumage in the group. The bill pattern is shared by both sexes, though the female’s bill is shorter. Adults show a vertical black mark at the bill base, with yellow on the upper bill and dark olive to brownish black on the lower bill.

Order

Piciformes

Family

Ramphastidae — Toucans

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: Honduras to sw Colombia