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CHESTNUT-EARED ARACARI Pteroglossus castanotis
The most commonly encountered small toucan in Paraguay, the chestnut-ears that give it its name are almost invisible in the field against the black background of the head. Sociable to a ridiculous degree, they spend the day in small noisy flocks of 5 to 12 birds, which all roost together in the same tree-hole. Watching them disappearing one after the other into their roost hole it can be hard to believe that so many birds can fit inside!
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FIGURE 1 - Ventral view of adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Hemme Batjes November 2005).
FIGURE 2 - Ventral view of adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith August 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Adults, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
VIDEO - Adult calling (Golden-crowned Warbler sings once witty-witty-wee-chee-choo in background), PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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Pteroglossus castanotis call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.