Curl-crested Araçari
Pteroglossus beauharnaisii
Aves
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 15-20 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Flock
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Flock Safety
- Status
- Rare
About
The Curl-crested Araçari is named for the stiff, shiny black feathers on its crown that look uncannily like curled plastic or cellophane — unique among all toucans. It inhabits lowland rainforests of the western Amazon, where it forages in noisy groups for fruit and insects.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
- 2.hatchlingA naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Ramphastidae
- Genus
- Pteroglossus
- Species
- Pteroglossus beauharnaisii