Curl-crested Aracari

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Curl-crested Aracari
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Ramphastidae Genus: Pteroglossus Species: P. beauharnaesii
Binomial name
Pteroglossus beauharnaesii Wagler, 1832

The Curl-crested Aracari (Pteroglossus beauharnaesii), also Curly-crested Aracari, is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family, the Toucans. It is found in Amazonian Peru, Bolivia and Brazil; also the Amazon River border of southern Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Contents 1 Range 1.1 Amazon Basin--southwest 2 Source 3 External links

[edit] Range

[edit] Amazon Basin--southwest

The Curl-crested Aracari is found in the southwestern section of the Amazon Basin and the Amazon River is its northern range limit; headwater tributary rivers of the Amazon River in eastern amazonian Peru, and the region of north-central Bolivia, as the headwater tributaries of the Madeira River of Brazil's Amazonas state, are included.

An extension of Curl-crested Aracari's range goes southeastwards, (into the southeast Amazon section), from the lower reaches of the Madeira River, and the adjacent Purus River from the west. This extension of range crosses only the upper-middle reaches of the Tapajós River and ends near the upper reaches of the Xingu River's source, 800 km upstream.

[edit] Source

• BirdLife International 2004. Pteroglossus beauharnaesii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.

[edit] External links

• Curl-crested Aracari videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• "Curly-crested Aracari" photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
• Photo-High Res; Article tropicalbirding
• Photo-Medium Res--(Dorsal View); Article nashvillezoo.org—"Ramphastidae"