ABOUT THIS SPECIES
YELLOW-THROATED TOUCAN – (Species Account Weblog #116)
TAXONOMIC TREE:
- ORDER: Piciformes – Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans and Honeyguides
- FAMILY: Ramphastidae – Toucans,
- BINOMIAL NAME: Ramphastos ambiguus
Yellow-throated Toucan is a big, black and yellow toucan most notable for its huge, bicolored invoice. It happens from southeastern Honduras south to western Ecuador. (from Birds of the World)
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
PERSONAL OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
In Costa Rica we noticed Yellow-throated Toucans a number of instances within the lowlands whereas within the Punta Leona space, Sarapiqui and Arenal areas.
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