Pale Mandible Aracari

The Pale Mandibled aracari's beak is predominantly ivory-orange in colour with a longitudinal black stripe down the cutting edge of the upper mandible. Like the Collared Aracari, it has a black spot in the center of the upper breast, however it has a horizontal black stripe on the lower breast, whereas the Collared has a mostly red stripe.
The Pale Mandibled aracari was at one time the most commonly seen and bred aracari in captivity, and was frequently mislabled the "banded aracari", a name not valid for any species. Today, the Pale Mandibled is restricted to just two collections in the U. S. and they number less than six birds.
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