COLLARED ARAARI 



This large toucan was seen only at Barro 

 Colorado Island, where it is found in small flocks 

 in the tall forest. It is a noisy bird, its most 

 characteristic call being loud, four-syllabled and 

 often incessantly repeated. The contrast between 

 the dark lower mandible and the bright yellow 

 of the greater part of the upper mandible is 

 noticeable at a considerable distance. 



3. Pteroglossus torquatus torquatus (Gmelin) 

 Collared Arafari 



Sexes alike. Length, 412 mm. (16.20 in.); 

 tail, 155 mm. (6.10 in.). Head and neck all 

 around glossy black; back and shoulders greenish 

 gray separated from black of hindneck by a 

 collar of chestnut; rump bright red; wings and 

 tail olive blackish ; remaining under parts of body 

 abruptly yellow below black foreneck, the breast 

 stained with red and with a black spot in the 

 center; a black and red band crossing abdomen; 

 thighs chestnut ; under tail coverts yellow. Bare 

 skin around eye dark red. Bill distinctly ser- 

 rated, with white line around base and a black 

 stripe along the ridge of upper mandible which 

 is otherwise pale yellow; lower mandible black; 

 feet olive green. 



A bird of the jungle and forest, often found in 

 small flocks. Its characteristic calls, loud, shrill, 

 two-syllabled whistles, are quite different in 

 quality from those of the larger toucans. 

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