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Baby Toucanet

La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

 

Aulacorhynchus albivitta -juvenile-

(Southern Emerald toucanet / Tucancito esmeralda)

 

Like other toucans, the Emerald toucanet is brightly marked and has a large bill. The adult is 30–35 cm (12–14 in) long. The sexes are alike in appearance, although the female generally is smaller and slightly shorter-billed.

 

Juveniles are duller, including the throat, and, depending on subspecies, the black areas of the bill are replaced with dusky or the bill is entirely yellowish.

 

The Emerald toucanet is a generally common in humid forest and woodland, mainly at higher elevations.

 

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