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Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)
Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)
Photo description
From along the Rio Napo, Ecuador. This bird has the widest distribution of any aracari species and is one of the most common of the toucans. It is a lowland species found throughout western Brazil north to eastern Colombia and south through eastern Peru, northern and eastern Bolivia and northern Argentina. It is uncommon in Ecuador and common in Colombia. The head is too dark here to see anything except a faint impression of the deep chestnut ear coverts and the breast and belly are usu described as yellow but I think the blue orbital skin with yellow-white eye, single red upper belly band and the bill color (dark-brown to black with a yellow streak extending to the tip of the upper mandible and distinct, ivory-colored "teeth.") are distinctive. I was basically trying to shoot everything on aperture priority with the aperture set at 6.3 so the f/9.0 here represents a slip of the fingers. f/9.0, iso 800, exp comp plus 2, 1/1600.
Uploaded Feb 10, 2007 | Flickr URL
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Sacha Lodge Ecuador Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis
3 comments have been posted about this photo

What an amazing bird. I want to go there and see it!
Posted on Feb 10, 2007
Great shot
Posted on Feb 10, 2007
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The friends of Worldbirds, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
I agree with Doug Photographs like these not only help make people respect our wonderful wild life they make me want to travel.
Posted on Apr 26, 2007
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