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ABOUT THIS SPECIES

NORTHERN EMERALD TOUCANET – (Species Account Blog #113)

TAXONOMIC TREE:  

• ORDER: Piciformes – Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans and Honeyguides
• FAMILY: Ramphastidae – Toucans,
• BINOMIAL NAME: Aulacorhynchus prasinus
  • Northern Emerald-Toucanet (Blue-throated) Aulacorhynchus prasinus caeruleogularis

Northern Emerald-Toucanet is a small toucan of humid montane forests of Central America; it is the northernmost species of toucan, occurring north to eastern Mexico. Like other species of Aulacorhynchus, it is primarily bright green, with a blue throat (in Costa Rica), and rufous undertail coverts and rufous tips to the rectrices. (from Birds of the World)

SIMILAR SPECIES

Within its range, no other green toucan occurs in this region, and so confusion with other species is extremely unlikely.

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

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PERSONAL OBSERVATION ANECDOTES

In Costa Rica we observed Northern Emerald Toucanet several times while in the mid-elevation Talamanca Range near Copay-de-Dota and Miriam’s Restaurant and also at Soda Cinchona in the Cordillera Central.

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PHOTO GALLERY

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RECENT BLOG POSTS

View the five most recent Birds & Birding in Costa Rica series blog posts below.

• A Streak-headed Woodcreeper Feeds its Offspring Near the Arenal Observatory Lodge, Costa Rica
• PALE-BILLED WOODPECKER – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
• SMOKY-BROWN WOODPECKER – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
• HOFFMANN’S WOODPECKER – Pura Vida Birds and Birding
• BLACK-CHEEKED WOODPECKER – Pura Vida Birds and Birding