Chestnut Eared Aracari

The Chestnut Eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) has the widest distribution of all the aracari species and is one of the most common of the toucans. It is a lowland species found throughout Brazil north to Colombia and through eastern Peru, northern and eastern Bolivia and northern Argentina.

The Chestnut-Eared Aracari is similar in appearance to the Black Neck, except it is larger and more colorful. The Chestnut Eared has a dark brown beak with a yellow-orange stripe longitudinally along the bottom of the upper mandible. The iris is white (sometimes yellow), and the eyeskin varies from dark turquoise to gray. The head is black but the throat and ears are chestnut brown. Where the Black Neck has an olive thigh, the Chestnut has brown.