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Definition: ARACARI

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Aracari" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Common Expressions: ARACARI

Expressions Definition
Collared Aracari The Collared Aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus, is a toucan, a near-passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico to Panama. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: ARACARI

Aracari

Aracaris
Pale-mandibled AracariPteroglossus erythropygius
Pale-mandibled Aracari
Pteroglossus erythropygius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Ramphastidae
Genus: Pteroglossus
Illiger, 1811
Species

14 (incl. the Saffron Toucanet), see text.

The aracaris (sometimes araçaris) are medium-sized toucans in the genus Pteroglossus. They are brightly plumaged and with enormous colourful bills.

All the species are basically fruit-eating, but will take insects and other small prey. They are arboreal and nest in tree holes laying 2–4 white eggs. They are resident breeders and do not migrate.

The aracaris are unusual for toucans in that they roost socially throughout the year, up to six adults and fledged young sleeping in the same hole with tails folded over their backs.

The ischnoceran louse Austrophilopterus flavirostris is suspected to parasitize most if not all species of aracaris, with the possible exception of the Green Aracari (Price & Weckstein 2005).

One species, the distinctive Saffron Toucanet, was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Baillonius, but Kimura et al. (2004) was able to show that it belongs in the genus Pteroglossus[1].

Species list

  • Lettered Aracari, Pteroglossus inscriptus
  • Green Aracari, Pteroglossus viridis
  • Red-necked Aracari, Pteroglossus bitorquatus
  • Ivory-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus azara
  • Brown-mandibled Aracari, Pteroglossus mariae
  • Chestnut-eared Aracari, Pteroglossus castanotis
  • Black-necked Aracari, Pteroglossus aracari
  • Collared Aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus
  • Fiery-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus frantzii
  • Stripe-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus sanguineus
  • Pale-mandibled Aracari, Pteroglossus erythropygius
  • Many-banded Aracari, Pteroglossus pluricinctus
  • Curl-crested Aracari, Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
  • Saffron Toucanet, Pteroglossus bailloni

References

  1. South American Classification Committee. Merge Baillonius into Pteroglossus. Retrieved on 2007-09-16.

External links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Aracari". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: ARACARI

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Fiery-billed Aracari 10     Aracari 8
Curl-crested Aracari 9     Black-necked Aracari 5
Green Aracari 9     Brown-mandibled Aracari 4
Collared Aracari 9     Chestnut-eared Aracari 7
Aracari 8     Collared Aracari 9
Chestnut-eared Aracari 7     Curl-crested Aracari 9
Red-necked Aracari 6     Fiery-billed Aracari 10
Pale-mandibled Aracari 5     Green Aracari 9
Black-necked Aracari 5     Ivory-billed Aracari 4
Lettered Aracari 5     Lettered Aracari 5
Ivory-billed Aracari 4     Many-banded Aracari 4
Stripe-billed Aracari 4     Pale-mandibled Aracari 5
Many-banded Aracari 4     Red-necked Aracari 6
Brown-mandibled Aracari 4     Stripe-billed Aracari 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).