SHORT-KEELED TOUCAN 



Key to the Toucans 



a. Plumage predominantly black with a yellow bib and 

 white rump. 



b. A white line between yellow bib and black of breast 

 and abdomen ; bill yellowish green with tip bright 

 red and an orange red streak along lower edge of 



upper mandible 



Rhamphastos piscivorus brevicarinatus 



bb. No white line between yellow bib and black of 

 breast and abdomen; most of upper mandible 

 greenish and lemon yellow; base of upper mandi- 

 ble and most of lower mandible dark reddish 

 shading to black in conspicuous contrast to upper 

 part of bill Rhamphastos swainsonii 



aa. Back and shoulders green; rump red or green. 



b. Rump red; under parts yellow, a black and red 

 band across abdomen; a white line at base of 

 bill Pteroglossus t. torquatus 



bb. Rump green; under parts black with under tail 

 coverts yellow; base of bill black. Crown black; 



ear coverts yellow 



Selenidera spectabilis male 



crown chestnut; ear coverts black 



Selenidera spectabilis female 



i. Rhamphastos piscivorus brevicarinatus 



(Gould) 

 Short-keeled Toucan 



Sexes alike. Length, Male, 468 mm. (18.40 

 in.); tail, 155 mm. (6.10 in.). Female, 441 mm. 

 (17.30 in.); tail, 148 mm. (15.80 in.). 



Similar to R. swainsonii, the following species, 

 but smaller, with no white line between the 

 strongly rounded lower edge of the yellow bib 

 and the broad red line separating it from the 

 remaining under parts. Bill mostly yellowish 

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