Birds of Ecuador

    PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae (Toucans)  
Genus: Andigena (3 species, 4 worldwide)


Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan
Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan (Andigena hypoglauca hypoglauca)
Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at higher altitudes than the more common Black-billed Mountain Toucan.
Additional photo.

Plate-billed Mountain Toucan
Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) Near Threatened
Bellavista Lodge, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Local on the western Andean slope in Ecuador and Colombia

Black-billed Mountain Toucan
Black-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena nigrirostris spilorhynchus)
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at slightly lower altitudes, around 2500m, than the less common and slightly smaller Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan.
Photo shownig red vent.


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